An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke. To which is Added, The Universal Prayer |
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... fall , That vice or virtue there is none at all . If white and black blend , soften and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart , and nothing is so plain ; Tis to mistake them , costs the time and pain ...
... fall , That vice or virtue there is none at all . If white and black blend , soften and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart , and nothing is so plain ; Tis to mistake them , costs the time and pain ...
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... me ? What makes all physical or moral ill ? 110 There deviates nature , and here wanders will . God sends not ill , if rightly understood , Or partial ill is universal good , Or change admits , or nature lets it fall , ESSAY ON MAN .
... me ? What makes all physical or moral ill ? 110 There deviates nature , and here wanders will . God sends not ill , if rightly understood , Or partial ill is universal good , Or change admits , or nature lets it fall , ESSAY ON MAN .
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... fall , Short , and but rare , till man improv'd it all . We just as wisely might of Heav'n complain That righteous Abel was destroy'd by Cain , As that the virtuous son is ill at ease 115 When his lewd father gave the dire disease . 120 ...
... fall , Short , and but rare , till man improv'd it all . We just as wisely might of Heav'n complain That righteous Abel was destroy'd by Cain , As that the virtuous son is ill at ease 115 When his lewd father gave the dire disease . 120 ...
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acts the soul alike andor angels ARGUMENT OF EPISTLE beast birds blessing blest blind bliss breath Catiline chain comets confest creature death diff'rence earth EPISTLE II Essay eternal ethereal Etna Ev'n ev'ry fame fix'd fool Form'd forms gen'ral giv'n gives godlike happiness heart Heav'n honor honor lies 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 O'erlook'd pain passions perfect plac'd planets Pleas'd pleasure poet POPE pow'r pride principle rest rill rise seen double SELF-LOVE and SOCIAL sense seraph sev'ral shade sire skies Socrates sphere tempests thee thine things thou thy reason toil truth Twas tyrant UNIVERSAL PRAYER vice or virtue virtue's weak Whate'er whole wise YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY