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... rise ; Damn with faint praise , assent with civil leer , And , without sneering , others teach to sneer ; Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , Just hint a fault , and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend , A ...
... rise ; Damn with faint praise , assent with civil leer , And , without sneering , others teach to sneer ; Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , Just hint a fault , and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend , A ...
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... rise ; Laugh where we must , be candid where we can , But vindicate the ways of God to man . 1. Say first , of God above or man below What can we reason but from what we know ? Of man what see we but his station here , From which to ...
... rise ; Laugh where we must , be candid where we can , But vindicate the ways of God to man . 1. Say first , of God above or man below What can we reason but from what we know ? Of man what see we but his station here , From which to ...
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... rise in due degree ; Then in the scale of reasoning life ' tis plain , There must be , somewhere , such a rank as man ; And all the question ( wrangle e'er so long ) Is only this , -If God has plac'd him wrong ? Respecting man ...
... rise in due degree ; Then in the scale of reasoning life ' tis plain , There must be , somewhere , such a rank as man ; And all the question ( wrangle e'er so long ) Is only this , -If God has plac'd him wrong ? Respecting man ...
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... rise ; " My footstool earth , my canopy the skies . " But errs not Nature from this gracious end , From burning suns when livid deaths descend , When earthquakes swallow , or when tempests sweep Towns to one grave , whole nations to the ...
... rise ; " My footstool earth , my canopy the skies . " But errs not Nature from this gracious end , From burning suns when livid deaths descend , When earthquakes swallow , or when tempests sweep Towns to one grave , whole nations to the ...
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... Chaos of thought and passion , all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd or disabus'd ; Created half to rise , and half to fall ; Great lord of all things , yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth , in endless error hurl'd ; EPISTLE II .
... Chaos of thought and passion , all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd or disabus'd ; Created half to rise , and half to fall ; Great lord of all things , yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth , in endless error hurl'd ; EPISTLE II .
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