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... find Why form'd fo weak , fo little , and fo blind ? First , if thou can'ft , the harder reafon guess Why form'd no weacker , blinder , and no less ? Afk of thy mother Earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they ...
... find Why form'd fo weak , fo little , and fo blind ? First , if thou can'ft , the harder reafon guess Why form'd no weacker , blinder , and no less ? Afk of thy mother Earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they ...
Page 17
... find ) Is , not to act , or think , beyond mankind ; No pow'rs of body or of foul to Share , But what his nature and his ftate can bear . Why has not Man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reafon , Man is not a fly . Say what the ufe ...
... find ) Is , not to act , or think , beyond mankind ; No pow'rs of body or of foul to Share , But what his nature and his ftate can bear . Why has not Man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reafon , Man is not a fly . Say what the ufe ...
Page 37
... find , ୨୦ 90 . 95 He mounts the Storm , and walks upon the wind . 100 PASSIONS , like elements , tho ' born to fight , Yet mix'd and foften'd , in his work unite : Thefe , ' tis enough to temper and employ ; But what compofes Man ...
... find , ୨୦ 90 . 95 He mounts the Storm , and walks upon the wind . 100 PASSIONS , like elements , tho ' born to fight , Yet mix'd and foften'd , in his work unite : Thefe , ' tis enough to temper and employ ; But what compofes Man ...
Page 38
... find , The whole employ of body and of mind . All Spread their charms , but charm not all alike ; On diff'rent fenfes diff'rent objects ftrike : Hence diff'rent paffions more or less inflame , As ftrong , or weak , the organs of the ...
... find , The whole employ of body and of mind . All Spread their charms , but charm not all alike ; On diff'rent fenfes diff'rent objects ftrike : Hence diff'rent paffions more or less inflame , As ftrong , or weak , the organs of the ...
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... find reafon on their fide . TH ' ETERNAL ART , educing good from ill , Grafts on this paffion our beft principle : ' Tis thus , the mercury of Man is fix'd , Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd ; The drofs cements what else ...
... find reafon on their fide . TH ' ETERNAL ART , educing good from ill , Grafts on this paffion our beft principle : ' Tis thus , the mercury of Man is fix'd , Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd ; The drofs cements what else ...
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