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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... folly of expecting that God should alter his general laws in favour of particulars , ver . 121. V. That we are not judges who are good ; but that whoever they are , they must be happiest , ver . 133 , & c . VI . That external goods are ...
... folly of expecting that God should alter his general laws in favour of particulars , ver . 121. V. That we are not judges who are good ; but that whoever they are , they must be happiest , ver . 133 , & c . VI . That external goods are ...
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... folly as it flies , And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must , be candid where we can , But vindicate the ways of God to man . I. Say first , of God above , or man below , What can we reason , but from what we ...
... folly as it flies , And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must , be candid where we can , But vindicate the ways of God to man . I. Say first , of God above , or man below , What can we reason , but from what we ...
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... folly and caprice ; That disappoints th ' effect of ev'ry vice : 240 That happy frailties to all ranks apply'd , Shame to the virgin , to the matron pride , Fear to the statesman , rashness to the chief , To kings presumption , and to ...
... folly and caprice ; That disappoints th ' effect of ev'ry vice : 240 That happy frailties to all ranks apply'd , Shame to the virgin , to the matron pride , Fear to the statesman , rashness to the chief , To kings presumption , and to ...
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... folly's cup still laughs the bubble , joy ; One prospect lost , another still we gain ; 280 285 And not a vanity is giv'n in vain ; 290 Ev'n mean self - love becomes , by force divine , The scale to measure others ' wants by thine . See ...
... folly's cup still laughs the bubble , joy ; One prospect lost , another still we gain ; 280 285 And not a vanity is giv'n in vain ; 290 Ev'n mean self - love becomes , by force divine , The scale to measure others ' wants by thine . See ...
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... bread ? 150 That , vice may merit , ' tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it , when he tills the soil . The knave deserves it , when he tempts the main , Where folly fights for kings , or dives for gain 44 ESSAY ON MAN .
... bread ? 150 That , vice may merit , ' tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it , when he tills the soil . The knave deserves it , when he tempts the main , Where folly fights for kings , or dives for gain 44 ESSAY ON MAN .
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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