An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke |
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... Heav'n in fault ; Say rather , man's as perfect as he ought ; 70 His knowledge measur'd to his state and place , His time a moment , and a point his space . If to be perfect in a certain sphere , What matter soon or late , or here or ...
... Heav'n in fault ; Say rather , man's as perfect as he ought ; 70 His knowledge measur'd to his state and place , His time a moment , and a point his space . If to be perfect in a certain sphere , What matter soon or late , or here or ...
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... Heav'n ; Who sees with equal eye , as God of all , A hero perish , or a sparrow fall , Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd And now a bubble burst , and now a world . 90 Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar : Wait the great ...
... Heav'n ; Who sees with equal eye , as God of all , A hero perish , or a sparrow fall , Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd And now a bubble burst , and now a world . 90 Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar : Wait the great ...
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... Heav'n in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reason right , is to submit . 165 Better for us , perhaps it might appear , Were there all harmony , all virtue here ; That never air or ocean felt the wind ; That never passion discompos ...
... Heav'n in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reason right , is to submit . 165 Better for us , perhaps it might appear , Were there all harmony , all virtue here ; That never air or ocean felt the wind ; That never passion discompos ...
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... heav'n ? Or touch , if tremblingly alive all o'er , To smart and agonize at every pore ? Or quick effluvia darting through the brain , Die of a rose in aromatic pain ? 200 If nature thunder'd in his opening ears , And stunn'd him with ...
... heav'n ? Or touch , if tremblingly alive all o'er , To smart and agonize at every pore ? Or quick effluvia darting through the brain , Die of a rose in aromatic pain ? 200 If nature thunder'd in his opening ears , And stunn'd him with ...
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... Heav'n's whole foundations to their centre nod , 250 255 And nature tremble , to the throne of God : All this dread order break - For whom ? For thee ? Vile worm ! O madness ! pride ! impiety ! IX . What if the foot , ordain'd the dust ...
... Heav'n's whole foundations to their centre nod , 250 255 And nature tremble , to the throne of God : All this dread order break - For whom ? For thee ? Vile worm ! O madness ! pride ! impiety ! IX . What if the foot , ordain'd the dust ...
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acts the soul ALEXANDER POPE alike angels ARGUMENT OF EPISTLE beast bless'd blessing blest blind bliss breath Catiline cause chain comets confest creature death diff'rence earth ease EPISTLE IV Essay eternal ethereal Ev'n ev'ry faith fame father fear fix'd folly fool form'd forms gen'ral giv'n gives gods happiness heart Heav'n honour 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 pain passion peace perfect plac'd planets Pleas'd pleasure poet Pope pow'rs pride principle proper religion rill rise seen double self-love and social sense seraph sev'ral sire skies Socrates sphere taught tempests thee thine things thou toil truth Turenne Twas tyrant virtue's weak Whate'er whole wise YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Page 19 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent : Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns : To him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 20 - With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer; Born but to die, and...
Page 53 - What Conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do; This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heav'n pursue. What blessings thy free bounty gives Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives; T
Page 12 - 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 10 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise ; , Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Page 13 - Lo the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind ; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 13 - Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar; Wait the great teacher Death; and God adore. What future bliss, he gives not thee to know, But gives that Hope to be thy blessing now.
Page 54 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 54 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe.
Page 56 - Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?