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's name . In lazy apathy let Stoics boast Their virtue fix'd ; ' tis fix'd as in a frost , Contracted all , retiring to the breast ; But strength of mind is exercise , not rest : The rising tempest puts in act the soul , Parts it ...
... virtue's name . In lazy apathy let Stoics boast Their virtue fix'd ; ' tis fix'd as in a frost , Contracted all , retiring to the breast ; But strength of mind is exercise , not rest : The rising tempest puts in act the soul , Parts it ...
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... virtues thus from passions shoot , Wild nature's vigor working at their root . What crops of wit and honesty appear ... virtue , male or female , can we name , 185 190 But what will grow on pride , or grow on shame . Thus nature ...
... virtues thus from passions shoot , Wild nature's vigor working at their root . What crops of wit and honesty appear ... virtue , male or female , can we name , 185 190 But what will grow on pride , or grow on shame . Thus nature ...
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... virtue's ends from vanity can raise , Which seeks no int'rest , no reward but praise ; And build on wants , and on defects of mind , The joy , the peace , the glory of mankind . 240 245 Heav'n , forming each on other to depend , A ...
... virtue's ends from vanity can raise , Which seeks no int'rest , no reward but praise ; And build on wants , and on defects of mind , The joy , the peace , the glory of mankind . 240 245 Heav'n , forming each on other to depend , A ...
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... virtue's prize : a better would you fix ? Then give Humility a coach and six , Justice a conqueror's sword , or ... virtue bring Nojoy , or be destructive of the thing . How oft by these at sixty are undone The virtues of a saint ...
... virtue's prize : a better would you fix ? Then give Humility a coach and six , Justice a conqueror's sword , or ... virtue bring Nojoy , or be destructive of the thing . How oft by these at sixty are undone The virtues of a saint ...
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... Virtue alone is happiness below . " The only point where human bliss stands still , And tastes the good without ... virtue's very tears : Good , from each object , from each place acquir'd , 320 Forever exercis'd , yet never tir'd ...
... Virtue alone is happiness below . " The only point where human bliss stands still , And tastes the good without ... virtue's very tears : Good , from each object , from each place acquir'd , 320 Forever exercis'd , yet never tir'd ...
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