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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... teacher , death , and God adore ! What future 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 ...
... teacher , death , and God adore ! What future 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 ...
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... wers trod , And quitting sense , call imitating God ; As eastern priests in giddy circles run , And turn their heads to imitate the sun . Go , teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule- 25 Then drop into thyself , and be a fool ! 20 ESSAY ON MAN .
... wers trod , And quitting sense , call imitating God ; As eastern priests in giddy circles run , And turn their heads to imitate the sun . Go , teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule- 25 Then drop into thyself , and be a fool ! 20 ESSAY ON MAN .
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... 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 of wit . 85 Wits , just like fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft no meaning ...
... 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 of wit . 85 Wits , just like fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft no meaning ...
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... fav'rite still obey . Ah ! if she lend not arms , as well as rules , What can she more than tell us we are fools ? Teach us to mourn our nature , not to mend ; 150 A sharp accuser , but a helpless friend ! Or 24 ESSAY ON MAN .
... fav'rite still obey . Ah ! if she lend not arms , as well as rules , What can she more than tell us we are fools ? Teach us to mourn our nature , not to mend ; 150 A sharp accuser , but a helpless friend ! Or 24 ESSAY ON MAN .
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... teach , or save a sinking land ? 265 . All fear , none aid you , and few understand . Painful pre - eminence ! yourself to view Above life's weakness , and its comforts too . Bring then these blessings to a strict account ; Make fair ...
... teach , or save a sinking land ? 265 . All fear , none aid you , and few understand . Painful pre - eminence ! yourself to view Above life's weakness , and its comforts too . Bring then these blessings to a strict account ; Make fair ...
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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