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Page 6
... must be , fome where , fuch a rank as Man ; And all the question ( wrangle ' ere fo long ) Is only this , if God has plac'd him wrong ? RESPECTING Man whatever wrong we call , May , must be right , as relative to All . In human works ...
... must be , fome where , fuch a rank as Man ; And all the question ( wrangle ' ere fo long ) Is only this , if God has plac'd him wrong ? RESPECTING Man whatever wrong we call , May , must be right , as relative to All . In human works ...
Page 22
... must fall . Let Earth unbalanc'd from her orbit fly , Planets and funs rufh lawless thro ' the fry Let ruling Angels from their spheres be hurld , 245 Being on being wreck'd , and world on world , Heav'n's whole foundations to their ...
... must fall . Let Earth unbalanc'd from her orbit fly , Planets and funs rufh lawless thro ' the fry Let ruling Angels from their spheres be hurld , 245 Being on being wreck'd , and world on world , Heav'n's whole foundations to their ...
Page 38
... must fubdue at length , 125 Grows with his growth , and strengthens with his Strength : So , caft and mingled with his very frame , The mind's difeafe , its ruling Paffion came : Each vital humour which fhould feed the whole , Soon ...
... must fubdue at length , 125 Grows with his growth , and strengthens with his Strength : So , caft and mingled with his very frame , The mind's difeafe , its ruling Paffion came : Each vital humour which fhould feed the whole , Soon ...
Page 41
... must ever be prefer'd ; Reafon is here no guide , but ftill a guard ; ' Tis her's to rectify , not overthrow , 135 140 145 150 And treat this paffion more as friend than foe : A MIGHTIER POW'R the ftrong direction fends , 155 And fevral ...
... must ever be prefer'd ; Reafon is here no guide , but ftill a guard ; ' Tis her's to rectify , not overthrow , 135 140 145 150 And treat this paffion more as friend than foe : A MIGHTIER POW'R the ftrong direction fends , 155 And fevral ...
Page 46
... must be , Few in th extreme , but all in the degree : The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wife , And ev'n the best by fits what they defpife . ' Tis but by parts we follow good or ill , For , vice or virtue , SELF directs it ftill ...
... must be , Few in th extreme , but all in the degree : The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wife , And ev'n the best by fits what they defpife . ' Tis but by parts we follow good or ill , For , vice or virtue , SELF directs it ftill ...
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