An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord BolingbrokeClark, Austin & Company, 1852 - 72 pages |
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... 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 . I. Say , first , of God above , or man below , What can we ...
... 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 . I. Say , first , of God above , or man below , What can we ...
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... nature to his hope has given , Benind the cloud - topt hill , an humbler heaven ; Some safer world in depth of woods embrac'd , Some happier island in the watery waste , Where slaves once more their native land behold , No fiends ...
... nature to his hope has given , Benind the cloud - topt hill , an humbler heaven ; Some safer world in depth of woods embrac'd , Some happier island in the watery waste , Where slaves once more their native land behold , No fiends ...
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... nature wakes her genial power , " Suckles each herb and spreads out ev'ry flow'r . " Annual for me , the grape , the rose , renew " The juice nectarius , and the balmy dew ; " For me , the mine a thousand treasures brings ; " For me ...
... nature wakes her genial power , " Suckles each herb and spreads out ev'ry flow'r . " Annual for me , the grape , the rose , renew " The juice nectarius , and the balmy dew ; " For me , the mine a thousand treasures brings ; " For me ...
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... nature deviates ; and can man do less ? 150 As much that end a constant course requires Of showers and sunshine , as of man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men forever temperate , calm , and wise . [ sign ...
... nature deviates ; and can man do less ? 150 As much that end a constant course requires Of showers and sunshine , as of man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men forever temperate , calm , and wise . [ sign ...
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... nature , and is kept in man . 170 VI . What would this man ? Now upward will he soar , 174 180 And , little less than angel , would be more ? Now looking downward , just as grieved appears To want the strength of bulls , the fur of ...
... nature , and is kept in man . 170 VI . What would this man ? Now upward will he soar , 174 180 And , little less than angel , would be more ? Now looking downward , just as grieved appears To want the strength of bulls , the fur of ...
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