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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... thou find , Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ? First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ! Aşk of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds ...
... thou find , Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ? First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ! Aşk of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds ...
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... thou ! and in thy scale of sense 100 105 110 Weigh thy opinion against providence : Call imperfection , what thou fancy'st such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much ; 115 Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet ...
... thou ! and in thy scale of sense 100 105 110 Weigh thy opinion against providence : Call imperfection , what thou fancy'st such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much ; 115 Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet ...
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... thou canst bear ; Safe in the hand of one disposing power , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All nature is but art unknown to thee ; All chance , direction , which thou canst not see ; 290 All discord , harmony , not understood ...
... thou canst bear ; Safe in the hand of one disposing power , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All nature is but art unknown to thee ; All chance , direction , which thou canst not see ; 290 All discord , harmony , not understood ...
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... thou fool , work'd solely for thy good ? Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn . Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his ...
... thou fool , work'd solely for thy good ? Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn . Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his ...
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... Thou too must perish , when thy feast is o'er . To each unthinking being , Heaven , a friend , Gives not the useless knowledge of its end : To man imparts it ; but with such a view As , while he dreads it , makes him hope it too : The ...
... Thou too must perish , when thy feast is o'er . To each unthinking being , Heaven , a friend , Gives not the useless knowledge of its end : To man imparts it ; but with such a view As , while he dreads it , makes him hope it too : The ...
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