An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord BolingbrokeS. Andrus, 1828 - 67 Seiten |
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... mankind is kept even by Providence , by the two passions of hope and fear , ver . 70. III . What the happiness of individuals is as far as is consistent with the constitution of this world ; and that the good man has here the advantage ...
... mankind is kept even by Providence , by the two passions of hope and fear , ver . 70. III . What the happiness of individuals is as far as is consistent with the constitution of this world ; and that the good man has here the advantage ...
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... mankind ? From pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for moral , as for natʼral things : 160 Why charge we Heav'n in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reason right , is to submit . 165 1 Better for us , perhaps ...
... mankind ? From pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for moral , as for natʼral things : 160 Why charge we Heav'n in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reason right , is to submit . 165 1 Better for us , perhaps ...
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... mankind ; 190 No pow'rs of body or of soul to share , But what his nature and his state can bear . Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason - man is not a fly . Say what the use , were finer optics giv'n , 195 T'inspect ...
... mankind ; 190 No pow'rs of body or of soul to share , But what his nature and his state can bear . Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason - man is not a fly . Say what the use , were finer optics giv'n , 195 T'inspect ...
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... mankind is man . Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state , A being darkly wise , and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic's side , With too much weakness for the stoic's pride , He hangs between in doubt to act or ...
... mankind is man . Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state , A being darkly wise , and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic's side , With too much weakness for the stoic's pride , He hangs between in doubt to act or ...
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... mankind . Heav'n , forming each on other to depend , A master , or a servant , or a friend , 250 Bids each on other for assistance call , Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all . Wants , frailties , passions , closer still ...
... mankind . Heav'n , forming each on other to depend , A master , or a servant , or a friend , 250 Bids each on other for assistance call , Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all . Wants , frailties , passions , closer still ...
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acts the soul ALEXANDER POPE alike angels ARGUMENT OF EPISTLE beast bless'd blessing blest blind bliss breath Catiline cause chain comets confest creature death diff'rence divine Doller earth ease EPISTLE II Essay eternal ethereal Ev'n ev'ry faith fame father fear fix'd folly fool form'd gain gen'ral giv'n gives happiness HARVARD COLLEGE heart Heav'n honour hope human imperfect indolent instinct int'rest justice kings knave Learn learn'd Lord man's mankind mind mix'd monarch moral nature nature's nature's law never o'er O'erlook'd pain passion peace perfect plac'd planets Pleas'd pleasure poet Pope pow'rs pride principle proper rill rise seen double self-love and social sense seraph sev'ral sire skies Socrates sphere taught tempests thee thine things thou toil truth Turenne Twas tyrant UNIVERSAL PRAYER virtue's weak Whate'er whole wise