An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke. To which is Added, the Universal Prayer |
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... angels , and on the other , the bodily qualifications of the brutes ; though , to possess any of the sensitive faculties in a higher degree , would render him miserable , ver . 173 , & c . VII . That throughout the whole visible world ...
... angels , and on the other , the bodily qualifications of the brutes ; though , to possess any of the sensitive faculties in a higher degree , would render him miserable , ver . 173 , & c . VII . That throughout the whole visible world ...
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... be , contents his natural desire , He asks no angel's wings , no seraph's fire ; 110 But thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . ? IV . Go , wiser thou ! and in thy ESSAY ON MAN . 13.
... be , contents his natural desire , He asks no angel's wings , no seraph's fire ; 110 But thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . ? IV . Go , wiser thou ! and in thy ESSAY ON MAN . 13.
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... angels , angels would be gods . Aspiring to be gods , if angels fell , Aspiring to be angels , men rebel ; 115 120 125 And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order , sins against th ' Eternal Cause . 130 V. Ask for what end the ...
... angels , angels would be gods . Aspiring to be gods , if angels fell , Aspiring to be angels , men rebel ; 115 120 125 And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order , sins against th ' Eternal Cause . 130 V. Ask for what end the ...
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... began , Is kept in nature , and is kept in man . 170 VI . What would this man ? now upward will he soar And little less than angel , would be more ; Now looking downward , just as griev'd appears To want ESSAY ON MAN 15.
... began , Is kept in nature , and is kept in man . 170 VI . What would this man ? now upward will he soar And little less than angel , would be more ; Now looking downward , just as griev'd appears To want ESSAY ON MAN 15.
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... angel , man , Beast , bird , fish , insect ! what no eye can see , No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee ; From ... angels from their spheres he hurl'd , Being on being wreck'd , and world on world ; Heav'n's whole foundations to ...
... angel , man , Beast , bird , fish , insect ! what no eye can see , No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee ; From ... angels from their spheres he hurl'd , Being on being wreck'd , and world on world ; Heav'n's whole foundations to ...
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acts the soul ALEXANDER POPE alike angels ARGUMENT OF EPISTLE beast blessing blest blind bliss breath Catiline cause chain comets confest creature death diff'rence earth ease EPISTLE II Essay eternal ethereal Ev'n ev'ry faith fame father fear fix'd folly fool form'd forms gen'ral giv'n giv❜n gives happiness heart Heav'n honour hope human imperfect indolent instinct int'rest justice kings knave Learn learn'd lives Lord man's mankind mind mix'd monarch moral nature nature's nature's law never o'er O'erlook'd pain passion peace perfect plac'd planets Pleas'd pleasure poet Pope pow'rs pride principle proper religion rest rill rise seen double self-love and social sense seraph sev'ral sire skies Socrates sphere taught tempests thee thine things thou toil truth Turenne Twas tyrant UNIVERSAL PRAYER virtue's weak Whate'er whole wise