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Of the nature , ends , use , and application of the different capacities of men . 4. Of the use of learning , of the science of the world , and of wit ; concluding with a satire against a misapplication of them , illustrated by pictures ...
Of the nature , ends , use , and application of the different capacities of men . 4. Of the use of learning , of the science of the world , and of wit ; concluding with a satire against a misapplication of them , illustrated by pictures ...
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Yet to form characters , we can only take the strongest actions of a man's life , and try to make them agree : the utter uncertainty of this , from nature itself , and from policy , ver . 120 . Characters given according to the rank of ...
Yet to form characters , we can only take the strongest actions of a man's life , and try to make them agree : the utter uncertainty of this , from nature itself , and from policy , ver . 120 . Characters given according to the rank of ...
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That each from other differs , first confess ; Next , that he varies from himself no less ; Add nature's , custom's , reason's , passion's strife , And all opinion's colours cast on life . Our depths who fathoms , or our shallows finds ...
That each from other differs , first confess ; Next , that he varies from himself no less ; Add nature's , custom's , reason's , passion's strife , And all opinion's colours cast on life . Our depths who fathoms , or our shallows finds ...
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Know , God and Nature only are the same : In man , the judgment shoots at flying game ; A bird of passage ! gone as soon as found , Now in the moon , perhaps , now under ground . II . In vain the sage , with retrospective eye , Would ...
Know , God and Nature only are the same : In man , the judgment shoots at flying game ; A bird of passage ! gone as soon as found , Now in the moon , perhaps , now under ground . II . In vain the sage , with retrospective eye , Would ...
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Some god , or spirit , he has lately found ; Or chanced to meet a minister that frown'd . Judge we by nature ? Habit can efface , Interest o'ercomé , or policy take place : By actions ? those uncertainty divides ; By passions ? these ...
Some god , or spirit , he has lately found ; Or chanced to meet a minister that frown'd . Judge we by nature ? Habit can efface , Interest o'ercomé , or policy take place : By actions ? those uncertainty divides ; By passions ? these ...
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