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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... weak , so little , and so blind ? First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ! Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ? Or ask of ...
... weak , so little , and so blind ? First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ! Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ? Or ask of ...
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... 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 hand of one disposing Pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All nature is but art ...
... 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 hand of one disposing Pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All nature is but art ...
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... weakness for the stoic's pride , He hangs between in doubt to act or rest ; In doubts to deem himself a god or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer , Born but to die , and reas'ning but to err ; Alike in ignorance , his reason ...
... weakness for the stoic's pride , He hangs between in doubt to act or rest ; In doubts to deem himself a god or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer , Born but to die , and reas'ning but to err ; Alike in ignorance , his reason ...
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... weak , the organs of the frame : And hence one master passion in the breast , Like Aaron's serpent , swallows up the rest . As man , perhaps , the moment of his breath , Receives the lurking principle of death ; The young disease , that ...
... weak , the organs of the frame : And hence one master passion in the breast , Like Aaron's serpent , swallows up the rest . As man , perhaps , the moment of his breath , Receives the lurking principle of death ; The young disease , that ...
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... weak passions for the strong . So , when small humours gather to a gout , 160 The doctor fancies he has driv'n them out . Yes , nature's road must ever be preferr❜d : Reason is here no guide , but still a guard : ' Tis her's to rectify ...
... weak passions for the strong . So , when small humours gather to a gout , 160 The doctor fancies he has driv'n them out . Yes , nature's road must ever be preferr❜d : Reason is here no guide , but still a guard : ' Tis her's to rectify ...
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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