An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke. To which is Added, the Universal Prayer |
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... gen'ral order , since the whole 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 ...
... gen'ral order , since the whole 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 ...
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... gen'ral frame : Just as absurd , to mourn the tasks or pains The great directing Mind of all ordains . All are but parts of one stupendous whole , 265 Whose body nature is , and God the soul ; 18 ESSAY ON MAN .
... gen'ral frame : Just as absurd , to mourn the tasks or pains The great directing Mind of all ordains . All are but parts of one stupendous whole , 265 Whose body nature is , and God the soul ; 18 ESSAY ON MAN .
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... gen❜ral good . See dying vegetables life sustain , 15 See life dissolving vegetate again : All forms that perish other forms supply , ( By turns we catch the vital breath , and die ; ) Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne , 20 They ...
... gen❜ral good . See dying vegetables life sustain , 15 See life dissolving vegetate again : All forms that perish other forms supply , ( By turns we catch the vital breath , and die ; ) Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne , 20 They ...
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... ral love maintain'd , habitual those : The last , scarce ripen'd into perfect man , Saw helpless him from whom their ... gen❜ral groan , Murders their species , and betrays his own . 140 145 150 155 160 ESSAY ON MAN . But just disease ...
... ral love maintain'd , habitual those : The last , scarce ripen'd into perfect man , Saw helpless him from whom their ... gen❜ral groan , Murders their species , and betrays his own . 140 145 150 155 160 ESSAY ON MAN . But just disease ...
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... gen'ral laws ; " And makes what happiness we justly call , Subsist not in the good of one , but all . There's not a blessing individuals find , But some way leans and hearkens to the kind : No bandit fierce , no tyrant mad with pride ...
... gen'ral laws ; " And makes what happiness we justly call , Subsist not in the good of one , but all . There's not a blessing individuals find , But some way leans and hearkens to the kind : No bandit fierce , no tyrant mad with pride ...
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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