An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke. To which is Added, the Universal PrayerHenry Benton, 1835 - 67 Seiten |
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... learning's luxury , or idleness ; Or tricks to show the stretch of human brain , Mere curious pleasure , or ingenious pain ; Expunge the whole , or lop th ' excrescent parts Of all our vices have created arts : Then see how little the ...
... learning's luxury , or idleness ; Or tricks to show the stretch of human brain , Mere curious pleasure , or ingenious pain ; Expunge the whole , or lop th ' excrescent parts Of all our vices have created arts : Then see how little the ...
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... to the planter's care , On savage stocks inserted , learn to bear ; The surest virtues thus from passions shoot , Wild nature's vigour working at the root . What crops of wit and honesty appear 185 From spleen ESSAY ON MAN . 25.
... to the planter's care , On savage stocks inserted , learn to bear ; The surest virtues thus from passions shoot , Wild nature's vigour working at the root . What crops of wit and honesty appear 185 From spleen ESSAY ON MAN . 25.
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... learn'd or brave : 190 Nor virtue , male or female , can we name , But what will grow on pride , or grow on shame . Thus nature gives us ( let it check our pride ) 195 The virtue nearest to our vice ally'd ; * Reason the bias turns to ...
... learn'd or brave : 190 Nor virtue , male or female , can we name , But what will grow on pride , or grow on shame . Thus nature gives us ( let it check our pride ) 195 The virtue nearest to our vice ally'd ; * Reason the bias turns to ...
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... learn , in its decline , Those joys , those loves , those int'rests to resign : Taught half by reason , half by mere decay , To welcome death , and calmly pass away . 260 Whate'er the passion , knowledge , fame , or pelf , Not one will ...
... learn , in its decline , Those joys , those loves , those int'rests to resign : Taught half by reason , half by mere decay , To welcome death , and calmly pass away . 260 Whate'er the passion , knowledge , fame , or pelf , Not one will ...
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... Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield ; " Learn from the beasts the physic of the field ; " Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; 175 " Learn of the mole to plough , the worm to weave : " Learn of the little nautilus ...
... Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield ; " Learn from the beasts the physic of the field ; " Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; 175 " Learn of the mole to plough , the worm to weave : " Learn of the little nautilus ...
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acts the soul ALEXANDER POPE alike angels ARGUMENT OF EPISTLE beast blessing blest blind bliss breath Catiline cause chain comets confest creature death diff'rence earth ease EPISTLE II Essay eternal ethereal Ev'n ev'ry faith fame father fear fix'd folly fool form'd forms gen'ral giv'n giv❜n gives happiness heart Heav'n honour hope human imperfect indolent instinct int'rest justice kings knave Learn learn'd 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 rest 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