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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... Virtue and vice joined in our mixed nature ; the limits near , yet the things separate , and evident . What is the office of reason 187 & c . How odious vice in itself , and how we deceive ourselves into it , 209. That , however ...
... Virtue and vice joined in our mixed nature ; the limits near , yet the things separate , and evident . What is the office of reason 187 & c . How odious vice in itself , and how we deceive ourselves into it , 209. That , however ...
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... virtues thus from passions shoot , Wild nature's vigor ... virtue , male or female , can we name , 185 190 But what will grow on pride , or grow on shame . Thus nature gives us ( let it check our pride ) The virtue nearest to our vice ...
... virtues thus from passions shoot , Wild nature's vigor ... virtue , male or female , can we name , 185 190 But what will grow on pride , or grow on shame . Thus nature gives us ( let it check our pride ) The virtue nearest to our vice ...
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... virtue , or begins the vice . Fools ! Who from hence into the notion fall , That vice or virtue there is none at all . If white and black , blend , soften , and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart ...
... virtue , or begins the vice . Fools ! Who from hence into the notion fall , That vice or virtue there is none at all . If white and black , blend , soften , and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart ...
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... vice : That happy frailties to all ranks appli'd , Shame to the virgin , to the matron pride , Fear to the statesman , rashness to the chief ; To kings presumption , and to crowds belief . That , virtue's ends from vanity can raise ...
... vice : That happy frailties to all ranks appli'd , Shame to the virgin , to the matron pride , Fear to the statesman , rashness to the chief ; To kings presumption , and to crowds belief . That , virtue's ends from vanity can raise ...
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... vice or virtue , whether blest or curst , Which meets contempt , or which compassion , first ? Count all th ' advantage prosp'rous vice attains , ' Tis but what virtue flies from and disdains ; And grant the bad what happiness they ...
... vice or virtue , whether blest or curst , Which meets contempt , or which compassion , first ? Count all th ' advantage prosp'rous vice attains , ' Tis but what virtue flies from and disdains ; And grant the bad what happiness they ...
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