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... just to look about us , and to die ) Expatiate free o'er all this Scene of Man : A mighty Maze ! but not without a Plan ; AWild , where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot , Or Garden , tempting with forbidden fruit . ¡ Tab . I ...
... just to look about us , and to die ) Expatiate free o'er all this Scene of Man : A mighty Maze ! but not without a Plan ; AWild , where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot , Or Garden , tempting with forbidden fruit . ¡ Tab . I ...
Page 9
... just rais'd to fhed his blood . 80 Oh blindness to the future ! kindly giv'n , That each may fill the Circle mark'd by Heav'n , Who fees with equal eye , as God of All , A Hero perifh , or a Sparrow fall , Atoms , or Systems , into ruin ...
... just rais'd to fhed his blood . 80 Oh blindness to the future ! kindly giv'n , That each may fill the Circle mark'd by Heav'n , Who fees with equal eye , as God of All , A Hero perifh , or a Sparrow fall , Atoms , or Systems , into ruin ...
Page 17
... just as griev'd appears To want the ftrength of bulls , the fur of bears . Made for his ufe all creatures if he call , Say what their use , had he the pow'rs of all ? NATURE to thefe , without profufion Kind , The proper organs , proper ...
... just as griev'd appears To want the ftrength of bulls , the fur of bears . Made for his ufe all creatures if he call , Say what their use , had he the pow'rs of all ? NATURE to thefe , without profufion Kind , The proper organs , proper ...
Page 22
... d To serve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Just as abfurd , for any part to claim To be an other , in this genral frame : 255 vions empieter fur les puiffances fupérieures , les infé- rieures 22 ESSAY ON MAN . EP . I.
... d To serve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Just as abfurd , for any part to claim To be an other , in this genral frame : 255 vions empieter fur les puiffances fupérieures , les infé- rieures 22 ESSAY ON MAN . EP . I.
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... just like fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft , no meaning , or the fame . Self - love and reafon to one end afpire , Pain their averfion , pleafure their defire ; But greedy that its object would devour , This tafte the ...
... just like fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft , no meaning , or the fame . Self - love and reafon to one end afpire , Pain their averfion , pleafure their defire ; But greedy that its object would devour , This tafte the ...
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