An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to Henry St. John, Lord BolingbrokeDorr, Howland; Charles A. Mirick, printer, 1839 - 48 Seiten |
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... proper organs , proper pow'rs assign'd ; 180 Each seeming want compensated of course , Here , with ESSAY ON MAN . 9 Then nature deviates; and can man do less? ...
... proper organs , proper pow'rs assign'd ; 180 Each seeming want compensated of course , Here , with ESSAY ON MAN . 9 Then nature deviates; and can man do less? ...
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... proper bliss depends on what we blame . Know thy own point : This kind , this due degree 280 Of blindness , weakness , Heaven bestows on thee . Submit in this , or any other sphere , 285 Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear ; Safe ...
... proper bliss depends on what we blame . Know thy own point : This kind , this due degree 280 Of blindness , weakness , Heaven bestows on thee . Submit in this , or any other sphere , 285 Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear ; Safe ...
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... proper study of mankind is Man . Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state , A being darkly wise , and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side , 5 With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride , He hangs between ; in ...
... proper study of mankind is Man . Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state , A being darkly wise , and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side , 5 With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride , He hangs between ; in ...
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... proper operation still , Ascribe all good , to their improper , ill . 55 Self - love , the spring of motion , acts the soul ; Reason's comparing balance rules the whole , Man , but for that , no action could attend , And but for this ...
... proper operation still , Ascribe all good , to their improper , ill . 55 Self - love , the spring of motion , acts the soul ; Reason's comparing balance rules the whole , Man , but for that , no action could attend , And but for this ...
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... proper bliss , and sets its proper bounds : But as he fram'd the whole , the whole to bless , 110 On mutual wants build mutual happiness ; So from the ESSAY ON MAN . 27.
... proper bliss , and sets its proper bounds : But as he fram'd the whole , the whole to bless , 110 On mutual wants build mutual happiness ; So from the ESSAY ON MAN . 27.
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