An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord BolingbrokeS. Andrus, 1828 - 67 Seiten |
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... means be fair , List under reason , and deserve her care ; Those , that imparted , court a noble aim , Exalt their kind , and take some virtue's name . In lazy apathy let stoics boast 100 Their virtue fix'd ; ' tis fixed as in a frost ...
... means be fair , List under reason , and deserve her care ; Those , that imparted , court a noble aim , Exalt their kind , and take some virtue's name . In lazy apathy let stoics boast 100 Their virtue fix'd ; ' tis fixed as in a frost ...
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... 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 wise . EPISTLE III . HERE then we rest : " The ...
... 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 wise . EPISTLE III . HERE then we rest : " The ...
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... means proportioned to their end . Say , where full instinct is th ' unerring guide , What pope or council can they need beside ? Reason , however able , cool at best , 75 80- 85 Cares not for service , or but serves when prest , Stays ...
... means proportioned to their end . Say , where full instinct is th ' unerring guide , What pope or council can they need beside ? Reason , however able , cool at best , 75 80- 85 Cares not for service , or but serves when prest , Stays ...
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... means , and join'd through love or fear . Did here the trees with ruddier burthens bend , And there the streams in purer rills descend ? What war could ravish , commerce could bestow , And he return'd a friend , who came a foe . 200 205 ...
... means , and join'd through love or fear . Did here the trees with ruddier burthens bend , And there the streams in purer rills descend ? What war could ravish , commerce could bestow , And he return'd a friend , who came a foe . 200 205 ...
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... means , or right ? Or vice or virtue , whether blest or curst , Which meets contempt , or which compassion first ? Count all th ' advantage prosp'rous vice attains , " Tis but what virtue flies from and disdains : 90 And grant the bad ...
... means , or right ? Or vice or virtue , whether blest or curst , Which meets contempt , or which compassion first ? Count all th ' advantage prosp'rous vice attains , " Tis but what virtue flies from and disdains : 90 And grant the bad ...
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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