An essay on man. Enlarged and improved by the author. With notes, critical and explanatory1776 |
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... thou find , Why form'd fo weak , fo little , and fo blind ? Firft , if thou canft , the harder reafon guefs , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no lefs . Afk of thy mother Earth , why oaks are made Taller or ftronger than the weeds ...
... thou find , Why form'd fo weak , fo little , and fo blind ? Firft , if thou canft , the harder reafon guefs , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no lefs . Afk of thy mother Earth , why oaks are made Taller or ftronger than the weeds ...
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... thou ! and , in thy feale of fenfe , Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such , Say , Here he gives too little , there too much ;. Deftroy all creatures for thy fport or guft , Yet cry , If Man's ...
... thou ! and , in thy feale of fenfe , Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such , Say , Here he gives too little , there too much ;. Deftroy all creatures for thy fport or guft , Yet cry , If Man's ...
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... thou canst hear : Safe in the hand of one difpofing Pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal Hour ... All Nature is but Art unknown to thee ; 270 275 280 285 All Chance , Direction , which thou canst not fee ; 290 All Difcord , Harmony ...
... thou canst hear : Safe in the hand of one difpofing Pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal Hour ... All Nature is but Art unknown to thee ; 270 275 280 285 All Chance , Direction , which thou canst not fee ; 290 All Difcord , Harmony ...
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... thou fool ! work'd folely for thy good , Thy joy , thy paftime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly fpread the flow'ry lawn : Is it for thee the lark afcends and fings ? Joy tunes his ...
... thou fool ! work'd folely for thy good , Thy joy , thy paftime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly fpread the flow'ry lawn : Is it for thee the lark afcends and fings ? Joy tunes his ...
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... Thou too muft perish , when thy feast is o'er ! To each unthinking being , Heav'n a friend , Gives not the useless knowledge of its end : To Man imparts it ; but with fuch a view As , while he dreads it , makes him hope it too ; The ...
... Thou too muft perish , when thy feast is o'er ! To each unthinking being , Heav'n a friend , Gives not the useless knowledge of its end : To Man imparts it ; but with fuch a view As , while he dreads it , makes him hope it too ; The ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abfurd æther alike Angels Antipater Arnobius Beaft Beaſt beft bleffing bleft blifs caffas Catiline courſe creature defcend deferve defires deftroy diff'rent diſeaſe earth EPISTLE ESSAY Ev'n ev'ry Faith fame fave fenfe ferves fhade fhall fhine fince firft Firſt fix'd fkies fmall fome fool Form'd foul fphere fpreads ftate ftill ftrength ftrong fyftem gen'ral giv'n glory happineſs Heav'n helpleſs human Inftinct int'reft itſelf juft Juftice kings laws lefs less than Angel Lord Man's mankind mind muft muſt Nature Nature's nihil o'er Oppian OURSELVES TO KNOW paffions pain pleaſure pow'rs praiſe prefent pride profpect raiſe Reafon reas'ning reft reſtrain rife rofe ruling Angels Self-love Senfe ſkies ſprings ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thou thouſand thro univerfal uſe Vice Virtue wants weak weakneſs Whate'er whofe whole whoſe wife Wiſdom wned worfe
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 25 - Some place the bliss in action, some in ease; Those call it pleasure, and contentment these: Some sunk to beasts, find pleasure end in pain ; Some...
Seite 15 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty giv'n, 265 The poor contents him With the care of Heav'n.
Seite 9 - Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!
Seite 33 - Pursues that chain which links th' immense design, Joins heaven and earth, and mortal and divine ; Sees that no being any bliss can know, But touches some above and some below ; Learns from this union of the rising whole The first, last purpose of the human soul ; And knows where faith, law, morals, all began, All end, in love of God and love of man.
Seite 3 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Seite 24 - Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? • Where grows ? — where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Seite 8 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Seite 31 - Caesar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies ? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise ? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others...
Seite 35 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge thy foe.
Seite 8 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part. As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns. As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills. He bounds, connects, and equals all Cease then, nor order imperfection name: Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.