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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... ' tis plain , There must be , somewhere , such a rank as man ; And all the question ( wrangle e'er so long ) Is only this , if God has plac'd him wrong ? 40 45 Respecting man , whatever wrong we call , May , ESSAY ON MAN . 11.
... ' tis plain , There must be , somewhere , such a rank as man ; And all the question ( wrangle e'er so long ) Is only this , if God has plac'd him wrong ? 40 45 Respecting man , whatever wrong we call , May , ESSAY ON MAN . 11.
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... Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state , A being darkly wise , and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic's side , With too much weakness for the stoic's pride , 5 · He hangs between : in doubt to act or rest ; In ...
... Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state , A being darkly wise , and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic's side , With too much weakness for the stoic's pride , 5 · He hangs between : in doubt to act or rest ; In ...
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... 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 of a people made . 214 VI . Till then , by nature crown'd ...
... 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 of a people made . 214 VI . Till then , by nature crown'd ...
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... plac'd in hope , and these in fear Not present good or ill , the joy or curse , But future views of better , or of worse . O sons of earth ! attempt ye still to rise , By mountains pil'd on mountains , to the skies ? Heaven still with ...
... plac'd in hope , and these in fear Not present good or ill , the joy or curse , But future views of better , or of worse . O sons of earth ! attempt ye still to rise , By mountains pil'd on mountains , to the skies ? Heaven still 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