An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord BolingbrokeH. Benton, 1824 - 48 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 11
... thou find , 35 Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ? First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ! Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the ...
... thou find , 35 Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ? First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ! Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the ...
Σελίδα 13
... , contents his natural desire , 110 He asks no angel's wings , no seraph's fire ; 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.
... , contents his natural desire , 110 He asks no angel's wings , no seraph's fire ; 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.
Σελίδα 14
... thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much ; Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust ; Yet cry , if man's ...
... thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much ; Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust ; Yet cry , if man's ...
Σελίδα 19
... thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing Pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; All chance , direction , which thou canst not see ; 290 All discord , harmony , not understood ...
... thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing Pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; All chance , direction , which thou canst not see ; 290 All discord , harmony , not understood ...
Σελίδα 30
... thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn . 30 Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his ...
... thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn . 30 Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his ...
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H.St.John, Lord Bolingbroke Alexander Pope Πλήρης προβολή - 1867 |
An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke Alexander Pope Πλήρης προβολή - 1824 |
An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke Alexander Pope Πλήρης προβολή - 1852 |
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acts the soul ALEXANDER POPE alike angels ARGUMENT OF EPISTLE beast bless'd blessing blest blind bliss breath Catiline cause chain comets confest creature death diff'rence earth ease EPISTLE IV Essay eternal ethereal Ev'n ev'ry faith fame father fear fix'd folly fool form'd forms gen'ral giv'n gives gods 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 pain passion peace perfect plac'd planets Pleas'd pleasure poet Pope pow'rs pride principle proper religion 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 virtue's weak Whate'er whole wise YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Σελίδα 19 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent : Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns : To him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Σελίδα 20 - With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer; Born but to die, and...
Σελίδα 53 - What Conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do; This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heav'n pursue. What blessings thy free bounty gives Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives; T
Σελίδα 12 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Σελίδα 10 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise ; , Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Σελίδα 13 - Lo the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind ; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Σελίδα 13 - Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar; Wait the great teacher Death; and God adore. What future bliss, he gives not thee to know, But gives that Hope to be thy blessing now.
Σελίδα 54 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Σελίδα 54 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe.
Σελίδα 56 - Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?