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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... strength of bulls , the fur of bears . Made for his use all creatures if he call , Say what their use , had he the powers of all ? Nature to these , without profusion kind , The proper organs , proper pow'rs assign'd ; 180 Each seeming ...
... strength of bulls , the fur of bears . Made for his use all creatures if he call , Say what their use , had he the powers of all ? Nature to these , without profusion kind , The proper organs , proper pow'rs assign'd ; 180 Each seeming ...
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... strength of human brain , Mere curious pleasure or ingenious pain ; Expunge the whole , or lop th ' excresent parts Of all our vices have created arts ; Then see how little the remaining sum , Which serv'd the past , and must the times ...
... strength of human brain , Mere curious pleasure or ingenious pain ; Expunge the whole , or lop th ' excresent parts Of all our vices have created arts ; Then see how little the remaining sum , Which serv'd the past , and must the times ...
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... strength the moving principle requires ; Active its task , it prompts , impels , inspires ; Sedate and quiet the comparing lies , Form'd but to check , delib'rate , and advise . Self - love , still stronger , as its object's nigh ...
... strength the moving principle requires ; Active its task , it prompts , impels , inspires ; Sedate and quiet the comparing lies , Form'd but to check , delib'rate , and advise . Self - love , still stronger , as its object's nigh ...
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... strength of mind is exercise , not rest : The rising tempest puts in act the soul , Parts it may ravage , but preserves the whole . On life's vast ocean diversely we sail , Reason the chart , but passion is the gale : Nor God alone in ...
... strength of mind is exercise , not rest : The rising tempest puts in act the soul , Parts it may ravage , but preserves the whole . On life's vast ocean diversely we sail , Reason the chart , but passion is the gale : Nor God alone in ...
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... strength and color of our life . Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes , 120 And when in act they cease , in prospect rise ; Present to grasp , and future still to find , 125 The whole employ of body and of mind . All spread their ...
... strength and color of our life . Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes , 120 And when in act they cease , in prospect rise ; Present to grasp , and future still to find , 125 The whole employ of body and of mind . All spread their ...
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