An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord BolingbrokeS. Andrus, 1828 - 67 Seiten |
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... proper end and purpose of its being . The science of human nature is , like all other sciences , reduced to a few clear points : There are not many certain truths in this world . It is therefore in the anatomy of the mind , as in that ...
... proper end and purpose of its being . The science of human nature is , like all other sciences , reduced to a few clear points : There are not many certain truths in this world . It is therefore in the anatomy of the mind , as in that ...
Seite viii
... proper rewards , but often inconsistent with , or destructive of , virtue , ver . 167. That even these can make no man happy without virtue : Instanced in riches , ver . 183. Honours , ver . 193. Nobility , ver . 205. Great- ness , ver ...
... proper rewards , but often inconsistent with , or destructive of , virtue , ver . 167. That even these can make no man happy without virtue : Instanced in riches , ver . 183. Honours , ver . 193. Nobility , ver . 205. Great- ness , ver ...
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... proper organs , proper pow'rs assign'd ; Each seeming want compensated of course , Here , with degrees of swiftness , there , of force ; All in exact proportion to the state ; Nothing to add , and nothing to abate , Each beast , each ...
... proper organs , proper pow'rs assign'd ; Each seeming want compensated of course , Here , with degrees of swiftness , there , of force ; All in exact proportion to the state ; Nothing to add , and nothing to abate , Each beast , each ...
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... proper bliss depends on what we blame . Know thy own point : this kind , this due degree Of blindness , weakness , Heav'n bestows on thee . Submit . In this , or any other sphere , 285 Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in ...
... proper bliss depends on what we blame . Know thy own point : this kind , this due degree Of blindness , weakness , Heav'n bestows on thee . Submit . In this , or any other sphere , 285 Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in ...
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... proper study of 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 ...
... proper study of 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 ...
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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