An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke, to which is Added The Universal PrayerS. Andrus, 1824 - 67 Seiten |
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... bliss , he gives not thee to know , But gives that hope to be thy blessing now . Hope springs eternal in the human breast : Man never is , but always to be blest . The soul uneasy , and confin'd from home , 90 35 95 Rests and expatiates ...
... bliss , he gives not thee to know , But gives that hope to be thy blessing now . Hope springs eternal in the human breast : Man never is , but always to be blest . The soul uneasy , and confin'd from home , 90 35 95 Rests and expatiates ...
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... bliss of man ( could pride that blessing find ) Is , not to act or think beyond mankind ; No pow'rs of body or of soul to share , But what his nature and his state can bear . • 175 180 / 185 190 Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For ...
... bliss of man ( could pride that blessing find ) Is , not to act or think beyond mankind ; No pow'rs of body or of soul to share , But what his nature and his state can bear . • 175 180 / 185 190 Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For ...
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... 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 , 280 285 Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the ...
... 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 , 280 285 Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the ...
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... bliss alike by that direction tend , And find the 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 ...
... bliss alike by that direction tend , And find the 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 ...
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... bliss , and sets its proper bounds : 110 But , as he fram'd the whole , the whole to bless , On mutual wants built mutual happiness : So from the first , eternal order ran , And creature link'd to creature , man to man . Whate'er of ...
... bliss , and sets its proper bounds : 110 But , as he fram'd the whole , the whole to bless , On mutual wants built mutual happiness : So from the first , eternal order ran , And creature link'd to creature , man to man . Whate'er of ...
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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 earth ease EPISTLE IV Essay eternal ethereal Ev'n ev'ry faith fame father fear fix'd folly fool form'd forms gen'ral giv'n gives gods happiness heart Heav'n honour hope human imperfect indolent instinct int'rest justice kings knave Learn learn'd Leibnitz lives 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 religion 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