An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke |
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... beast , each insect , happy in its own ; Is heaven unkind to man , and man alone ? Shall he alone , whom rational we call , 175 180 18 Be pleas'd with nothing , if not bless'd with all ? The bliss of man ( could pride that blessing find ) ...
... beast , each insect , happy in its own ; Is heaven unkind to man , and man alone ? Shall he alone , whom rational we call , 175 180 18 Be pleas'd with nothing , if not bless'd with all ? The bliss of man ( could pride that blessing find ) ...
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... Beast , bird , fish , insect ! what no eye can see , No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee ; From thee to nothing - On superior pow'rs Were we to press , inferior might on ours Or in the full creation leave a void , 240 Where , one ...
... Beast , bird , fish , insect ! what no eye can see , No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee ; From thee to nothing - On superior pow'rs Were we to press , inferior might on ours Or in the full creation leave a void , 240 Where , one ...
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... beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer , Born but to die , and reas'ning but to err ; Alike in ignorance , his reason such , Whether he thinks too little or too much : Chaos of thought and passion , all confus'd ; Still by himself ...
... beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer , Born but to die , and reas'ning but to err ; Alike in ignorance , his reason such , Whether he thinks too little or too much : Chaos of thought and passion , all confus'd ; Still by himself ...
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... beast in aid of man , and man of beast ; All serv'd , all serving : nothing stands alone ; The chain holds on , and where it ends , unknown . 25 Has God , thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy ...
... beast in aid of man , and man of beast ; All serv'd , all serving : nothing stands alone ; The chain holds on , and where it ends , unknown . 25 Has God , thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy ...
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... beasts his pastures , and to fish his floods ; For some his int'rest prompts him to provide , For more his pleasure , yet for more his pride : 60 All feed on one vain patron , and enjoy The extensive blessing of his luxury . That very ...
... beasts his pastures , and to fish his floods ; For some his int'rest prompts him to provide , For more his pleasure , yet for more his pride : 60 All feed on one vain patron , and enjoy The extensive blessing of his luxury . That very ...
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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?