An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to Henry St. John, Lord BolingbrokeDorr, Howland; Charles A. Mirick, printer, 1839 - 48 Seiten |
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... God of God ! In pride , in reas'ning pride , our error lies ; All quit the sphere , and rush into the skies . Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes , Men would be angels , angels would be gods . Aspiring to be Gods , if angels fell ...
... God of God ! In pride , in reas'ning pride , our error lies ; All quit the sphere , and rush into the skies . Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes , Men would be angels , angels would be gods . Aspiring to be Gods , if angels fell ...
Seite 11
... God began , Natures etherial , human , angel , man , Beast , bird , fish , insect ! what no eye can see , No glass can reach ! from infinite to thee , From thee to nothing . - On superior pow'rs Were we to press , inferior might on ours ...
... God began , Natures etherial , human , angel , man , Beast , bird , fish , insect ! what no eye can see , No glass can reach ! from infinite to thee , From thee to nothing . - On superior pow'rs Were we to press , inferior might on ours ...
Seite 12
... God ! 250 255 All this dread order break - For whom ? For thee ? Vile worm ! O madness ! pride ! impiety ! IX . What if the foot , ordain'd the dust to tread , 260 Or hand to toil , aspir'd to be the head ? What if the head , the eye ...
... God ! 250 255 All this dread order break - For whom ? For thee ? Vile worm ! O madness ! pride ! impiety ! IX . What if the foot , ordain'd the dust to tread , 260 Or hand to toil , aspir'd to be the head ? What if the head , the eye ...
Seite 13
... God , but to study himself . His middle nature ; His powers and frailties , and the limits of his capacity , 43. The two principles of man , self - love , and reason , both necessary ; self - love the stronger , and why ; their end the ...
... God , but to study himself . His middle nature ; His powers and frailties , and the limits of his capacity , 43. The two principles of man , self - love , and reason , both necessary ; self - love the stronger , and why ; their end the ...
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... God to scan ; The proper study of mankind is Man . Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state , A being darkly wise , and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side , 5 With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride , He ...
... God to scan ; The proper study of mankind is Man . Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state , A being darkly wise , and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side , 5 With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride , He ...
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