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... mankind ; No pow'rs of body or of foul to Share , But what his nature and his ftate can bear . Why has not Man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reafon , Man is not a fly . Say what the ufe , were finer optics giv'n , T ' inspect a ...
... mankind ; No pow'rs of body or of foul to Share , But what his nature and his ftate can bear . Why has not Man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reafon , Man is not a fly . Say what the ufe , were finer optics giv'n , T ' inspect a ...
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... mankind is Man . PLA CD on this ifthmus of a middle ftate , A being darkly wife , and rudely great ; With too much knowledge for the Sceptic fide , With too much weakness for a Stoic's pride , He hangs between , in doubt to act , or ...
... mankind is Man . PLA CD on this ifthmus of a middle ftate , A being darkly wife , and rudely great ; With too much knowledge for the Sceptic fide , With too much weakness for a Stoic's pride , He hangs between , in doubt to act , or ...
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... mufe . QUELLE merveilleufe confolation accompagne chaque état ! L'orgueil eft donné à tous , comme un ami commun . Des paffions fortables aident à chaque âge : The joy , the peace , the glory of mankind 48 ESSAI SUR L'HOMME .
... mufe . QUELLE merveilleufe confolation accompagne chaque état ! L'orgueil eft donné à tous , comme un ami commun . Des paffions fortables aident à chaque âge : The joy , the peace , the glory of mankind 48 ESSAI SUR L'HOMME .
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Alexander Pope. The joy , the peace , the glory of mankind . HEA V'N , forming each on other to depend , A mafter , or a fervant , or a friend , Bids each on other for affiftance call , ' Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all ...
Alexander Pope. The joy , the peace , the glory of mankind . HEA V'N , forming each on other to depend , A mafter , or a fervant , or a friend , Bids each on other for affiftance call , ' Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all ...
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... mankind : 180 " Here fubterranean works and cities fee , " There towns aerial on the waving tree . " Learn each small people's genius , policies ; « The ants republick , and the realm of bees ; " How thofe in common all their ftores ...
... mankind : 180 " Here fubterranean works and cities fee , " There towns aerial on the waving tree . " Learn each small people's genius , policies ; « The ants republick , and the realm of bees ; " How thofe in common all their ftores ...
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