An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord BolingbrokeClark, Austin & Company, 1852 - 72 Seiten |
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... gain ; • hurpose " wirk In God's , one single can its end produce , Yet serves to second too some other use . So man , who here seems principal alone , for a Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown , man Touches some wheel , or ...
... gain ; • hurpose " wirk In God's , one single can its end produce , Yet serves to second too some other use . So man , who here seems principal alone , for a Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown , man Touches some wheel , or ...
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... gains ; 60 66 70 75 79 58. To their improper operation ascribe all ill . 62. Were active- —an elegant poetical usage for would be active . 67-69 . It should be kept in mind that in all the fol lowing part of this work , the poet treats ...
... gains ; 60 66 70 75 79 58. To their improper operation ascribe all ill . 62. Were active- —an elegant poetical usage for would be active . 67-69 . It should be kept in mind that in all the fol lowing part of this work , the poet treats ...
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... gain ; And not a vanity is given in vain ; Ev'n mean self - love becomes , by force divine , The scale to measure others ' wants by thine . See ! and confess , one comfort still must rise ; ' Tis this , though man's a fool , yet God is ...
... gain ; And not a vanity is given in vain ; Ev'n mean self - love becomes , by force divine , The scale to measure others ' wants by thine . See ! and confess , one comfort still must rise ; ' Tis this , though man's a fool , yet God is ...
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... gain , Which heavier reason labors at in vain . * This too serves always , reason never long : One must go right , the other may go wrong . See then the acting and comparing powers One in their nature , which are two in ours ! And ...
... gain , Which heavier reason labors at in vain . * This too serves always , reason never long : One must go right , the other may go wrong . See then the acting and comparing powers One in their nature , which are two in ours ! And ...
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... gain . Forc'd into virtue thus , by self - defence , Ev'n kings learn'd justice and benevolence : Self - love forsook the path it first pursued , And found the private in the public good . 270 276 281 264-268 . Altars grew marble , i ...
... gain . Forc'd into virtue thus , by self - defence , Ev'n kings learn'd justice and benevolence : Self - love forsook the path it first pursued , And found the private in the public good . 270 276 281 264-268 . Altars grew marble , i ...
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act the soul agreeing alike ambition Ammon angels apposition beast blessing blest bliss breath Cæsar Catiline chain confest connected creature Decius degree divine earth EPISTLE ethereal Ev'n false mirror fame fear fix'd fool Form'd gives gods govern happier happiness Heaven hope human imitating God instinct joy or curse Julius Cæsar kings knave laws Learn learn'd live look lord man's mankind Marseilles means mind monarch nature's nature's law never note to line noun object pain participle passion planets Pleas'd pleasure poet pours prep preposition pride pronoun reign rill rise Rubicon self-love and social sense sire slave Socrates sphere stoics stuck o'er substantive phrase taught tence thee things thou art thy reason toil touch truth Turenne Twixt tyrant understood verb virtue's virtuous weak Whate'er whole wise wrong