An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord BolingbrokeClark, Austin & Company, 1852 - 72 Seiten |
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... less ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks were made Taller or weaker than the weeds they shade ? Or ask of yonder argent fields above , Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove ? 40 23-28 . He , who can pierce , see , and observe , may ...
... less ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks were made Taller or weaker than the weeds they shade ? Or ask of yonder argent fields above , Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove ? 40 23-28 . He , who can pierce , see , and observe , may ...
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... less ? 150 As much that end a constant course requires Of showers and sunshine , as of man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men forever temperate , calm , and wise . [ sign , If plagues or earthquakes break ...
... less ? 150 As much that end a constant course requires Of showers and sunshine , as of man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men forever temperate , calm , and wise . [ sign , If plagues or earthquakes break ...
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... less than angel , would be more ? Now looking downward , just as grieved appears To want the strength of bulls , the fur of bears . Made for his use all creatures , if he call , Say what their use , had he the powers of all ? Nature to ...
... less than angel , would be more ? Now looking downward , just as grieved appears To want the strength of bulls , the fur of bears . Made for his use all creatures , if he call , Say what their use , had he the powers of all ? Nature to ...
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... less inflame , As strong or weak , the organs of the frame : And hence one master passion in the breast , Like Aaron's serpent , swallows up the rest . As man , perhaps , the moment of his breath , Receives the lurking principle of ...
... less inflame , As strong or weak , the organs of the frame : And hence one master passion in the breast , Like Aaron's serpent , swallows up the rest . As man , perhaps , the moment of his breath , Receives the lurking principle of ...
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... less , or greater , set so justly true , 291 That touching one must strike the other too ; Till jarring interests of themselves create Th ' according music of a well - mix'd state . Such is the world's great harmony , that springs From ...
... less , or greater , set so justly true , 291 That touching one must strike the other too ; Till jarring interests of themselves create Th ' according music of a well - mix'd state . Such is the world's great harmony , that springs From ...
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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