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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... thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . IV . Go , wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense 100 105 110 Weigh thy opinion against providence : Call imperfection , what thou fancy'st such , Say , here ...
... thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . IV . Go , wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense 100 105 110 Weigh thy opinion against providence : Call imperfection , what thou fancy'st such , Say , here ...
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... think , BEYOND mankind ; No pow'rs of body or of soul to share , 190 But what his nature and his state can bear . Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason , man is not a fly . Say what the use , were finer optics giv'n ...
... think , BEYOND mankind ; No pow'rs of body or of soul to share , 190 But what his nature and his state can bear . Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason , man is not a fly . Say what the use , were finer optics giv'n ...
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... thinks too little , or too much : Chaos of thought and passion , all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd , or disabus'd ; Created half to rise , and half to fall ; Great lord of all things , yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth , in ...
... thinks too little , or too much : Chaos of thought and passion , all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd , or disabus'd ; Created half to rise , and half to fall ; Great lord of all things , yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth , in ...
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... thinks his neighbor farther gone than he . E'en those who dwell beneath its very zone , Or never feel the rage , or never own ; What happier natures shrink at with affright , The hard inhabitant contends is right . 220 225 230 Virtuous ...
... thinks his neighbor farther gone than he . E'en those who dwell beneath its very zone , Or never feel the rage , or never own ; What happier natures shrink at with affright , The hard inhabitant contends is right . 220 225 230 Virtuous ...
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... 'd goose ; And just as short of reason he must fall , Who thinks all made for one , not one for all . Grant that the pow'rful still the weak control ; 20 25 30 35 40 45 Be man the wit and tyrant of the whole : ESSAY ON MAN . 25.
... 'd goose ; And just as short of reason he must fall , Who thinks all made for one , not one for all . Grant that the pow'rful still the weak control ; 20 25 30 35 40 45 Be man the wit and tyrant of the whole : ESSAY ON MAN . 25.
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act the soul ALEXANDER POPE alike angels assign'd beast began behold blessing blest blind bliss blood breath Cataline chain cobbler creature crown'd death destroy'd diff'rent E'en earth ease EPISTLE equal eternal ev'ry faith fall fame father fear feel fix'd flow'ry folly fool form'd gain giv'n gives glory God's gods gradation grows happiness heaven HENRY ST hero hope human hurl'd imperfect indolent instinct kings Learn learn'd lives lord man's mankind mind mix'd monarch mortal mourn nature nature's nature's law never o'er pain passion peace perfect plac'd Pleas'd pleasure pow'rs pride principle proud reas'ning rest rill rise self-love and social sense sev'ral shade sire skies slaves sphere taught tempest thee thine things thinks thou Thro thy reason toil true tyrant unknown vice or virtue virtue's weak Whate'er whole wise