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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... form'd so 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 ...
... form'd so 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 ...
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... Form'd but to check , delib'rate , and advise . Self - love still stronger , as its object's nigh ; Reason's at distance , and in prospect lie : That sees immediate good by present sense ; Reason , the future , and the consequence ...
... Form'd but to check , delib'rate , and advise . Self - love still stronger , as its object's nigh ; Reason's at distance , and in prospect lie : That sees immediate good by present sense ; Reason , the future , and the consequence ...
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... Form'd and impell'd its neighbour to embrace . See matter next , with various life endu'd , Press to one centre still , the gen❜ral good . See dying vegetables life sustain , 15 See life dissolving vegetate again : All forms that ...
... Form'd and impell'd its neighbour to embrace . See matter next , with various life endu'd , Press to one centre still , the gen❜ral good . See dying vegetables life sustain , 15 See life dissolving vegetate again : All forms that ...
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... form'd ; the name of king unknown , Till common int'rest plac'd the sway in one . 210 ' Twas virtue only ( or in arts or arms , Diffusing blessings , or averting harms , ) The same which in a sire the sons obey'd , A prince the father ...
... form'd ; the name of king unknown , Till common int'rest plac'd the sway in one . 210 ' Twas virtue only ( or in arts or arms , Diffusing blessings , or averting harms , ) The same which in a sire the sons obey'd , A prince the father ...
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... form'd like tyrants , tyrants would believe . Zeal then , not charity , became the guide , And hell was built on spite , and heav'n on pride . Then sacred seem'd th ' ethereal vault no more , Altars grew marble then , and reek'd with ...
... form'd like tyrants , tyrants would believe . Zeal then , not charity , became the guide , And hell was built on spite , and heav'n on pride . Then sacred seem'd th ' ethereal vault no more , Altars grew marble then , and reek'd with ...
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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