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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... gain ; In God's , one single can its end produce , Yet serves to second too some other use . So man , who here seems principal alone , Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown , Touches some wheel , or verges to some goal ; Tis but a ...
... gain ; In God's , one single can its end produce , Yet serves to second too some other use . So man , who here seems principal alone , Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown , Touches some wheel , or verges to some goal ; Tis but a ...
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... gains , Each strengthens reason , and self - love restrains . 80 Let subtle school - men teach these friends to fight , More studious to divide than to unite ; And grace and virtue , sense and reason split , With all the rash dexterity ...
... gains , Each strengthens reason , and self - love restrains . 80 Let subtle school - men teach these friends to fight , More studious to divide than to unite ; And grace and virtue , sense and reason split , With all the rash dexterity ...
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... gain ; 280 285 And not a vanity is giv'n in vain ; 290 Ev'n 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 ...
... gain ; 280 285 And not a vanity is giv'n in vain ; 290 Ev'n 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 ...
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... gain , Which heavier reason labours at in vain . This too serves always , Reason never long ; One must go right , the other may go wrong . See then the acting and comparing pow'rs , One in their nature , which are two in our's ; And ...
... gain , Which heavier reason labours at in vain . This too serves always , Reason never long ; One must go right , the other may go wrong . See then the acting and comparing pow'rs , One in their nature , which are two in our's ; And ...
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... gain . Forc'd into virtue thus , by self - defence , 270 275 E'en kings learn'd justice and benevolence : 280 Self - love forsook the path it first pursu❜d , And found the private in the public good . ' Twas then the studious head , or ...
... gain . Forc'd into virtue thus , by self - defence , 270 275 E'en kings learn'd justice and benevolence : 280 Self - love forsook the path it first pursu❜d , And found the private in the public good . ' Twas then the studious head , or ...
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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