 God loves from whole to parts : but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still...  An essay on man. Cornish ed - Page 96by Alexander Pope - 1798Full view - About this book
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...circle ftraight fuccecds, Another ftill, and (till another fprcads ; ïriend, parent, neighbour, firft it will embrace ; His country next ; and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th' o'erflowings of the mind Take cv'ry creature in, of ev'ry kind; Earth fmilcs around, with boundlefs... | |
 | Art - 1796 - 472 pages
...circle itraight fucceeds j Another ftill, and ftill another ïpreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, firft it will embrace ; His country next, and .next all human race; Wide and more wide, th' overflowings of the mind Take every creature in, of every kind, Earth fmiles around with boundlefs... | |
 | Mr. Addison - Anecdotes - 1797 - 712 pages
...circle ftrait fucceeds, Another ftill, and ftill another fpreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, firft it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race; Wide and more wide, th' o'erflowings of the mind Take ev'ry creature, and in ev'ry kind ; Earth fmiles around, with boundlefs... | |
 | John Monck Mason - English drama - 1798 - 494 pages
...but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake. The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still...and next all human race; Wide, and more wide, th' o'erflowings of the mind Take every creature in, of every kind ; Earth smiles around, with boundless... | |
 | John Monck Mason - 1798 - 496 pages
...but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake. The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still...and next all human race; Wide, and more wide, th' o'erflowings of the mind Take every creature in, of every kind; Earth smiles around, with boundless... | |
 | Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, * Another still, and still another spreads: ' Krientl, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace, ' His country next; and next all human race.' POPE. Line 290. ' Go, man ! * And bow to thy superiors of the stall.' This is an admirable specimen... | |
 | Mary De La Garde, Sarah Guppy - 1800 - 112 pages
...circle ftraight fucceeds, ; Another full, and ftill another fpreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, firft it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race : Wide and more wide, th' o'erflowing of the mind Take every creature in, of ev'ry kind ; Earth failles around, with boundlefs... | |
 | John Corry - London (England) - 1801 - 270 pages
...circle ftraight fucceeds^ Another ftill, and ftill another fpreads ; Friends, parents, kindred, firft it will embrace; His country next; and next, all human race : Wide, and more wide, the o'erflowings of the mind Takes ev'ry creature in. of ev'ry kind ; Earth fmiles around with boundlefs... | |
 | John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...of the poet, •*' As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake i " The centre mov'da circle strait succeeds, " Another still, and still another spreads...will embrace, " His country next, and next all human raoe." Whether Mr. Pope's philosophy, which makes self-love the centre of universal philanthropy be... | |
 | James Wilson - Law - 1804 - 494 pages
...delight in the agreeable conception of the improvement and happiness of mankind. The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still...and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th' o'erflowings of the mind Take ev'ry creature in, of ev'ry kind ; Earth smiles around, with boundless... | |
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