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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... imperfect , system of ethics . This I might have done in prose ; but I chose verse , and even rhyme , for two reasons . The one will appear obvi- ous ; that principles , maxims , or precepts , so written , both strike the reader more ...
... imperfect , system of ethics . This I might have done in prose ; but I chose verse , and even rhyme , for two reasons . The one will appear obvi- ous ; that principles , maxims , or precepts , so written , both strike the reader more ...
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... imperfect , but a being suited to his place and rank in the creation , agreeable to the general order of things , and conformable to ends and relations to him un known , ver . 35 , & e . III . That it is partly upon his igno- runce of ...
... imperfect , but a being suited to his place and rank in the creation , agreeable to the general order of things , and conformable to ends and relations to him un known , ver . 35 , & e . III . That it is partly upon his igno- runce of ...
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... imperfect , Heav'n in fault ; Say rather , man's as perfect as he ought ; 70 His knowledge measur'd to his state and place , His time a moment , and a point his space . If to be perfect in a certain sphere , What matter soon or late ...
... imperfect , Heav'n in fault ; Say rather , man's as perfect as he ought ; 70 His knowledge measur'd to his state and place , His time a moment , and a point his space . If to be perfect in a certain sphere , What matter soon or late ...
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... imperfect conceptions of my transla- tors , who have not sufficiently informed themselves of my real sentiments . The many additional embellishments , which my piece has received from the version of M. D. R― , have not done an honour to ...
... imperfect conceptions of my transla- tors , who have not sufficiently informed themselves of my real sentiments . The many additional embellishments , which my piece has received from the version of M. D. R― , have not done an honour to ...
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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