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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... fool ! Superior beings , when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law , Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape , And show'd a Newton as we show an ape . Could he , whose rules the rapid comet bind , Describe or fix one ...
... fool ! Superior beings , when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law , Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape , And show'd a Newton as we show an ape . Could he , whose rules the rapid comet bind , Describe or fix one ...
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... fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft no meaning , or the same . Sei - love and reason to one end aspire , Pain their aversion , pleasure their desire : But greedy that , its object would devour , This taste the honey , and not ...
... fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft no meaning , or the same . Sei - love and reason to one end aspire , Pain their aversion , pleasure their desire : But greedy that , its object would devour , This taste the honey , and not ...
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... , some 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 .
... , some 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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... Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall , That vice or virtue there is none at all . If white and black blend , soften and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart , and nothing is so plain ; 215 " Tis ...
... Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall , That vice or virtue there is none at all . If white and black blend , soften and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart , and nothing is so plain ; 215 " Tis ...
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... fool by fits is fair and wise , And ev❜n the best , by fits , what they despise . " Tis but by parts we follow good or ill , 235 For , vice or virtue , self directs it still ; Each individual seeks a sev'ral goal ; But Heav'n's great ...
... fool by fits is fair and wise , And ev❜n the best , by fits , what they despise . " Tis but by parts we follow good or ill , 235 For , vice or virtue , self directs it still ; Each individual seeks a sev'ral goal ; But Heav'n's great ...
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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