An Essay on Man: To which are Added, the Universal Prayer, and Other Valuable Pieces, Selected from His WorksM'Carty and Davis, 1821 - 72 Seiten |
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... thou find , 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 36 Taller or stronger than the ...
... thou find , 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 36 Taller or stronger than the ...
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... for gold . To be , content's his natural desire , 110 He asks no angel's wing , no seraph's fire ; But thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . IV . Go , wiser thou ! and in thy EPISTLE I.
... for gold . To be , content's his natural desire , 110 He asks no angel's wing , no seraph's fire ; But thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . IV . Go , wiser thou ! and in thy EPISTLE I.
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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 . 285 All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; All chance , direction , which thou canst not see ; 290 All discord , harmony , not ...
... thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . 285 All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; All chance , direction , which thou canst not see ; 290 All discord , harmony , not ...
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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 spreads the flowery 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 spreads the flowery lawn ; Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
act the soul alike ambition angels beast behold blessing blind bliss breath chain cobbler confest confin'd creature crown'd death E'er earth ease EPISTLE eternal Ev'n ev'ry eyes faith fall fame father fear fix'd flood flow'r fool foreign hands thy forever form'd future GANSEVOORT giv❜n gives glory God's Gods gold gradation happiness heart heav'n Heroes hope human imperfection indolent instinct justice kings knave laws Learn learn'd living Lord man's mankind MESSIAH mind mix'd monarch moral mountains mourn nature nature's nature's law never Nymph o'er pain passions peace perfect plac'd Pleas'd pleasure pow'r pride proud Rhine rill rise self-love and social sense seraph shade shine sire skies slaves sphere spleen springs taught tear tempests thee thine things thou thro TILDEN toil trembles truth tyrant virtue's weak Whate'er whole wings wise
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 64 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Seite 58 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than heav'n pursue.
Seite 59 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Seite 16 - Or in the natal, or the mortal hour. All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see ; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good. And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear,
Seite 6 - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and -the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die...
Seite 9 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Seite 17 - Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer...
Seite 50 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Seite 63 - O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd, and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his word, his saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own MESSIAH reigns !" My dear children, make this king of Zion your friend, by sweetly submitting to the sceptre of his grace.
Seite 10 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their 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, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th