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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... fool ! Superior beings , when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law , Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape , And show'd a Newton as we show an ape . Could he , whose rules the rapid comet bind , Describe or fix one ...
... fool ! Superior beings , when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law , Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape , And show'd a Newton as we show an ape . Could he , whose rules the rapid comet bind , Describe or fix one ...
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... fool by fits is fair and wise , And ev❜n the best , by fits , what they despise . " Tis but by parts we follow good or ill , 235 For , vice or virtue , self directs it still ; Each individual seeks a sev'ral goal ; But Heav'n's great ...
... fool by fits is fair and wise , And ev❜n the best , by fits , what they despise . " Tis but by parts we follow good or ill , 235 For , vice or virtue , self directs it still ; Each individual seeks a sev'ral goal ; But Heav'n's great ...
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... fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty giv❜n , 205 The poor contents him with the care of Heav'n . See the blind beggar dance , the cripple sing , The sot a hero , lunatic a king ; The starving chymist in ...
... fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty giv❜n , 205 The poor contents him with the care of Heav'n . See the blind beggar dance , the cripple sing , The sot a hero , lunatic a king ; The starving chymist in ...
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... fool , yet God is wise . EPISTLE III . HERE then we rest : " The universal cause " Acts to one end , but acts by various laws . " In all the madness of superfluous health , The trim of pride , the impudence of wealth , Let this great ...
... fool , yet God is wise . EPISTLE III . HERE then we rest : " The universal cause " Acts to one end , but acts by various laws . " In all the madness of superfluous health , The trim of pride , the impudence of wealth , Let this great ...
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... 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 voice ...
... 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 voice ...
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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