An Essay on ManA. Millar, and J. and R. Tonson, 1763 - 124 pages |
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Page vii
... firft to know what condition and rela- tion it is placed in , and what is the proper end and purpose of its being . The fcience of Human Nature is , like all other fciences , reduced to a few clear points : There are not many certain ...
... firft to know what condition and rela- tion it is placed in , and what is the proper end and purpose of its being . The fcience of Human Nature is , like all other fciences , reduced to a few clear points : There are not many certain ...
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... firft Fol . and Quarto , What blifs above he gives not thee to know , But gives that Hope to be thy blifs below . NOTES . giving man no appetite in vain , or what he did not intend fhould be fatisfied ; He fees why Nature plants in Man ...
... firft Fol . and Quarto , What blifs above he gives not thee to know , But gives that Hope to be thy blifs below . NOTES . giving man no appetite in vain , or what he did not intend fhould be fatisfied ; He fees why Nature plants in Man ...
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... firft Ed . But does he fay the Maker is not good , ' Till he's exalted to what ftate he wou'd : Himself alone high Heav'n's peculiar care , Alone made happy when he will , and where ? NOTES . 110 VER . 99. Lo , the poor Indian ! & c ...
... firft Ed . But does he fay the Maker is not good , ' Till he's exalted to what ftate he wou'd : Himself alone high Heav'n's peculiar care , Alone made happy when he will , and where ? NOTES . 110 VER . 99. Lo , the poor Indian ! & c ...
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... Firft Free Agent , is the great Caufe of all things , debarred from a contrivance fo exquifite , be- cause fome Men , to fet up their idol , Fate , abfurdly repre- fent it as prefiding over fuch a fyftem . VER . 243. Or in the full ...
... Firft Free Agent , is the great Caufe of all things , debarred from a contrivance fo exquifite , be- cause fome Men , to fet up their idol , Fate , abfurdly repre- fent it as prefiding over fuch a fyftem . VER . 243. Or in the full ...
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... firft of which contributed to his Reason , the other to his Paffions ) rather than the creature of one Individual Caufe . This was Plutarch's notion , and , as we may fee in him , of the more ancient a Pleasure , or wrong , or rightly ...
... firft of which contributed to his Reason , the other to his Paffions ) rather than the creature of one Individual Caufe . This was Plutarch's notion , and , as we may fee in him , of the more ancient a Pleasure , or wrong , or rightly ...
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againſt beafts Beaſt becauſe beft beſt bleffing bleft blifs Catiline caufe Cauſe chufing conclufion confequence confifts creature defcribed divine earth Efay Effay epiftle Ev'n ev'ry evil exprefs faid fame fave fays fecond fenfe ferves fhall fhew fince firft firſt fome fool form'd foul ftate ftill ftrong fubject fublime fuch fuffer fuppofed fupport fyftem gives greateſt Happineſs happy hath Heav'n himſelf Hope human illuftration Inftinct int'reft itſelf Juft juſt kings lefs less than Angel Lord Man's Manichæan Mankind mind moral moſt muft muſt natural evil Nature Nature's neceffary NOTES obfervation paffage paffions perfect philofophic Plato pleaſure poet pow'rs praiſe prefent pride purpoſe Reaſon reft Religion rife riſe ruling Angels Self-love ſenſe ſmall ſphere ſpirit ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thro truth Tyrant univerfal uſe VARIATIONS Vice Virtue wants whofe whole whoſe wife wiſdom καὶ
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Page 67 - Praise ye him sun and moon : praise him all ye stars of light. Praise him ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens ; let them praise the name of the Lord ; for he commanded, and they were created.
Page 32 - Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 54 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.
Page 33 - Go, wondrous creature! mount where Science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the sun; Go, soar with Plato to th...
Page 70 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take: Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield ; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Page 27 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name : Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point : This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heaven bestows on thee.
Page 121 - ... throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay: If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way.
Page 7 - 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.
Page 106 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Page 1 - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than 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 ; A wild where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot, Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit.