An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord BolingbrokeHyde, Lord & Duren, 1846 - 72 Seiten |
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... reason , but from what we know ? Of man , what see we but his station here , 10 16 20 From which to reason , or to which refer ; Through worlds unnumber'd though the God be known , ' Tis ours to trace him only in our own . can little ...
... reason , but from what we know ? Of man , what see we but his station here , 10 16 20 From which to reason , or to which refer ; Through worlds unnumber'd though the God be known , ' Tis ours to trace him only in our own . can little ...
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... reason wouldst thou find , Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ? First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess , Why formed no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or weaker ...
... reason wouldst thou find , Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ? First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess , Why formed no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or weaker ...
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... reason , would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last , he crops the flowery food , And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood . Oh blindness to the future ! kindly given , That each may fill the circle mark'd by heaven . Who sees ...
... reason , would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last , he crops the flowery food , And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood . Oh blindness to the future ! kindly given , That each may fill the circle mark'd by heaven . Who sees ...
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... reason right , is to submit . Better for us , perhaps , it might appear , Were there all harmony , all virtue here ; That never air nor ocean felt the wind , That never passion discompos'd the mind . 162 165 151-153 . That end as much ...
... reason right , is to submit . Better for us , perhaps , it might appear , Were there all harmony , all virtue here ; That never air nor ocean felt the wind , That never passion discompos'd the mind . 162 165 151-153 . That end as much ...
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... reason , man is not a fly . Say what the use , were finer optics given , 174 T'inspect a mite , not comprehend the heaven ? Or touch , if tremblingly alive all o'er , To smart and agonize at every pore ? 190 195 Or quick effluvia ...
... reason , man is not a fly . Say what the use , were finer optics given , 174 T'inspect a mite , not comprehend the heaven ? Or touch , if tremblingly alive all o'er , To smart and agonize at every pore ? 190 195 Or quick effluvia ...
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act the soul adverb agreeing alike ambition Ammon angels apposition beast blessing blest bliss breath Cæsar Catiline chain confest connected creature DANIEL CLARK Decius divine earth EPISTLE Ev'n false mirror fame fear fix'd fool Form'd gives gods govern happier happiness heaven hope human imitating God instinct joy or curse Julius Cæsar kings knave laws Learn learn'd lights and shades live look lord LORD BOLINGBROKE man's mankind Marseilles means mind monarch mood nature's nature's law never note to line noun object pain participle passion planets Pleas'd pleasure poet prep preposition pride reign rill rise self-love sense sire slave sphere stoics stuck o'er substantive phrase taught tence thee thing thou art thy reason toil touch truth Turenne tyrant understood verb virtue's virtuous weak Whate'er whole wise wrong