An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord BolingbrokeClark, Austin & Company, 1852 - 72 Seiten |
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... wise . [ sign , If plagues or earthquakes break not heaven's de- Why then a Borgia , or a Catiline ? [ forms , Who knows , but He whose hand the lightning Who heaves old ocean , and who wings the storms ; Pours fierce ambition in a ...
... wise . [ sign , If plagues or earthquakes break not heaven's de- Why then a Borgia , or a Catiline ? [ forms , Who knows , but He whose hand the lightning Who heaves old ocean , and who wings the storms ; Pours fierce ambition in a ...
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... wise , 205 190. Not to act or think beyond mankind is a substantive phrase used as a nom . after is , and to share no powers , is connected with it . 193-204 . These lines have very often been misunder- stood , and turned out of their ...
... wise , 205 190. Not to act or think beyond mankind is a substantive phrase used as a nom . after is , and to share no powers , is connected with it . 193-204 . These lines have very often been misunder- stood , and turned out of their ...
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... wise , and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the skeptic's side , With too much weakness for the stoic's pride , He hangs between ; in doubt to act , or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god , or beast ; In doubt his mind or ...
... wise , and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the skeptic's side , With too much weakness for the stoic's pride , He hangs between ; in doubt to act , or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god , or beast ; In doubt his mind or ...
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... every man must be ; Few in th ' extreme , but all in the degree ; 208. As light and shade invade each other's bounds . 218. To be hated is in the inf . mood absolute The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise 28 ESSAY ON MAN .
... every man must be ; Few in th ' extreme , but all in the degree ; 208. As light and shade invade each other's bounds . 218. To be hated is in the inf . mood absolute The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise 28 ESSAY ON MAN .
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... wise , And ev'n the best , by fits , what they despise . " Tis but by parts we follow good or ill , For , vice or virtue , self directs it still ; ed eati 235 Each individual seeks a several goal ; [ the whole . VII . But Heaven's great ...
... wise , And ev'n the best , by fits , what they despise . " Tis but by parts we follow good or ill , For , vice or virtue , self directs it still ; ed eati 235 Each individual seeks a several goal ; [ the whole . VII . But Heaven's great ...
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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