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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... thou find , 35 Why 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 ...
... thou find , 35 Why 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 ...
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... contents his natural desire , He asks no angel's wings , no seraph's fire ; 110 But thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . ? IV . Go , wiser thou ! and in thy ESSAY ON MAN . 13.
... contents his natural desire , He asks no angel's wings , no seraph's fire ; 110 But thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . ? IV . Go , wiser thou ! and in thy ESSAY ON MAN . 13.
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... thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much ; Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust ; Yet cry , if man's ...
... thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much ; Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust ; Yet cry , if man's ...
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... thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing Pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; All chance , direction , which thou canst not see ; 290 All discord , harmony , not understood ...
... thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing Pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; All chance , direction , which thou canst not see ; 290 All discord , harmony , not understood ...
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... thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn . Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his ...
... thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn . Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his ...
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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