An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord BolingbrokeHyde, Lord & Duren, 1846 - 72 pages |
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... fool ! 21 22-35 30 Superior beings , when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law , Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape , And show'd a Newton as we show an ape . Could he , whose rules the rapid comet bind , 35 21 ...
... fool ! 21 22-35 30 Superior beings , when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law , Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape , And show'd a Newton as we show an ape . Could he , whose rules the rapid comet bind , 35 21 ...
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... fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft no meaning , or the same . Self - love and reason to one end aspire , Pain their aversion , pleasure their desire ; But greedy that , its object would devour , This taste the honey , and ...
... fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft no meaning , or the same . Self - love and reason to one end aspire , Pain their aversion , pleasure their desire ; But greedy that , its object would devour , This taste the honey , and ...
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... fools ? Teach us to mourn our nature , not to mend ; A sharp accuser , but a helpless friend ! Or from a judge turn pleader , to persuade The choice we make , or justify it made ; is Proud of an easy conquest all along , She but removes ...
... fools ? Teach us to mourn our nature , not to mend ; A sharp accuser , but a helpless friend ! Or from a judge turn pleader , to persuade The choice we make , or justify it made ; is Proud of an easy conquest all along , She but removes ...
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... Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall , That vice or virtue there is none at all . 210 If white and black blend , soften , and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? Ask ... fool by fits is fair and wise 28 ESSAY ON MAN .
... Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall , That vice or virtue there is none at all . 210 If white and black blend , soften , and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? Ask ... fool by fits is fair and wise 28 ESSAY ON MAN .
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... fool by fits is fair and wise , And ev'n the best , by fits , what they despise . de ' Tis but by parts we follow good or ill , For , vice or virtue , self directs it still ; 21 Each individual seeks a several goal ; 235 [ the whole ...
... fool by fits is fair and wise , And ev'n the best , by fits , what they despise . de ' Tis but by parts we follow good or ill , For , vice or virtue , self directs it still ; 21 Each individual seeks a several goal ; 235 [ the whole ...
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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