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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... Honours , ver . 193. Nobility , ver . 205. Great- ness , ver . 217. Fame , ver . 237. Superior talents , ver . 259 , & c . With pictures of human infelicity in men pos- sessed of them all , ver . 269 , & c . VII . That virtue only ...
... Honours , ver . 193. Nobility , ver . 205. Great- ness , ver . 217. Fame , ver . 237. Superior talents , ver . 259 , & c . With pictures of human infelicity in men pos- sessed of them all , ver . 269 , & c . VII . That virtue only ...
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... honour , lives the sire ? 105 Why drew Marseilles ' good bishop purer breath , When nature sicken'd , and each gale was death ? Or why so long ( in life if long can be ) Lent Heaven a parent to the poor and me ? 110 What makes all ...
... honour , lives the sire ? 105 Why drew Marseilles ' good bishop purer breath , When nature sicken'd , and each gale was death ? Or why so long ( in life if long can be ) Lent Heaven a parent to the poor and me ? 110 What makes all ...
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... Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part , there all the honour lies . Fortune in men has some small diff'rence made , One flaunt in rags , one flutters in brocade ; 195 The cobbler apron'd , and the parson gown'd ...
... Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part , there all the honour lies . Fortune in men has some small diff'rence made , One flaunt in rags , one flutters in brocade ; 195 The cobbler apron'd , and the parson gown'd ...
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... honour'd , fam'd , and great , See the false scale of happiness complete ! In hearts of kings , or arms of queens who lay , How happy those to ruin , these betray . Mark by what wretched steps their glory grows , From dirt and sea ...
... honour'd , fam'd , and great , See the false scale of happiness complete ! In hearts of kings , or arms of queens who lay , How happy those to ruin , these betray . Mark by what wretched steps their glory grows , From dirt and sea ...
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... Honour and shame from no condition rise— Act well your part , there all the honour lies . ] What pow- er then has fortune over the man ? None at all ; for as her favours can confer neither worth nor wisdom ; so neither can her ...
... Honour and shame from no condition rise— Act well your part , there all the honour lies . ] What pow- er then has fortune over the man ? None at all ; for as her favours can confer neither worth nor wisdom ; so neither can her ...
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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