An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord BolingbrokeClark, Austin & Company, 1852 - 72 pages |
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... eternal in the human breast : Man never is , but always to be blest . The soul , uneasy , and confin'd from home , Rests and expatiates in a life to come . 95 Lo , the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds , or hears him ...
... eternal in the human breast : Man never is , but always to be blest . The soul , uneasy , and confin'd from home , Rests and expatiates in a life to come . 95 Lo , the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds , or hears him ...
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... Eternal Cause . 130 V. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine , Earth for whose use ? Pride answers , " " Tis for mine ; 135 " For me , kind nature wakes her genial power , " Suckles each herb and spreads out ev'ry flow'r . " Annual ...
... Eternal Cause . 130 V. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine , Earth for whose use ? Pride answers , " " Tis for mine ; 135 " For me , kind nature wakes her genial power , " Suckles each herb and spreads out ev'ry flow'r . " Annual ...
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... eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men forever temperate , calm , and wise . [ sign , If plagues or earthquakes break not heaven's de- Why then a Borgia , or a Catiline ? [ forms , Who knows , but He whose hand the lightning Who ...
... eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men forever temperate , calm , and wise . [ sign , If plagues or earthquakes break not heaven's de- Why then a Borgia , or a Catiline ? [ forms , Who knows , but He whose hand the lightning Who ...
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... eternal Wisdom how to rule— Then drop into thyself , and be a fool ! saw , adv 21 30 Superior beings , when of late they saw perfect b A mortal man unfold all nature's law , they Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape , And show'd a ...
... eternal Wisdom how to rule— Then drop into thyself , and be a fool ! saw , adv 21 30 Superior beings , when of late they saw perfect b A mortal man unfold all nature's law , they Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape , And show'd a ...
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... eternal art , educing good from ill , Grafts on this passion our best principle : ' Tis thus the mercury of man is fix'd , Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd ; The dross cements what else were too refin'd , which would be And ...
... eternal art , educing good from ill , Grafts on this passion our best principle : ' Tis thus the mercury of man is fix'd , Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd ; The dross cements what else were too refin'd , which would be And ...
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