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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... confest That wisdom infinite must form the best , Where all must full or not coherent be , And all that rises , rise in due degree ; Then , in the scale of reas'ning life , ' tis plain , There must be , somewhere , such a rank as man ...
... confest That wisdom infinite must form the best , Where all must full or not coherent be , And all that rises , rise in due degree ; Then , in the scale of reas'ning life , ' tis plain , There must be , somewhere , such a rank as man ...
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... confest , Some and must be , greater than the rest , are , More rich , more wise ; but who infers from hence That such are happier , shocks all common sense . Heaven to mankind impartial we confess , If all are equal in their happiness ...
... confest , Some and must be , greater than the rest , are , More rich , more wise ; but who infers from hence That such are happier , shocks all common sense . Heaven to mankind impartial we confess , If all are equal in their happiness ...
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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