An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord BolingbrokeClark, Austin & Company, 1852 - 72 pages |
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... phrase , little more , by the conj . thun . 10. Open and covert are adj . supplying the place of their nouns ( perhaps parts ) understood ; a usage common in poetry . 18. From what can we reason , & c . 21. Though the God be known ...
... phrase , little more , by the conj . thun . 10. Open and covert are adj . supplying the place of their nouns ( perhaps parts ) understood ; a usage common in poetry . 18. From what can we reason , & c . 21. Though the God be known ...
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... phrase , if God has placed him wrong , is in oposition with question . 51. Respecting , by some , is called a prep . and it may be a part . That , respecting man , which we call wrong 55. In God's works one single purpose , can , & c ...
... phrase , if God has placed him wrong , is in oposition with question . 51. Respecting , by some , is called a prep . and it may be a part . That , respecting man , which we call wrong 55. In God's works one single purpose , can , & c ...
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... phrase used as a nom . after is , and to share no powers , is connected with it . 193-204 . These lines have very often been misunder- stood , and turned out of their true meaning . The poet adverts to the five senses , in order ...
... phrase used as a nom . after is , and to share no powers , is connected with it . 193-204 . These lines have very often been misunder- stood , and turned out of their true meaning . The poet adverts to the five senses , in order ...
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... phrases , the latter in apposition with the former . 27-28 . The poet here alludes to the practices of the eastern priests , viz .: turning round in giddy circles , tha with their heads they may imitate the course of the sun 34. And ...
... phrases , the latter in apposition with the former . 27-28 . The poet here alludes to the practices of the eastern priests , viz .: turning round in giddy circles , tha with their heads they may imitate the course of the sun 34. And ...
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... phrase , to move or govern all , may be in apposition with end . * what com to no pronoun . that demora promm undone . what . That oby by deduct , which nom & in And to their proper operation still Ascribe all good ; .20 ESSAY ON MAN .
... phrase , to move or govern all , may be in apposition with end . * what com to no pronoun . that demora promm undone . what . That oby by deduct , which nom & in And to their proper operation still Ascribe all good ; .20 ESSAY ON MAN .
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act the soul agreeing alike ambition Ammon angels apposition beast blessing blest bliss breath Cæsar Catiline chain confest connected creature Decius degree divine earth EPISTLE ethereal Ev'n false mirror fame fear fix'd fool Form'd gives gods govern happier happiness Heaven hope human imitating God instinct joy or curse Julius Cæsar kings knave laws Learn learn'd live look lord man's mankind Marseilles means mind monarch nature's nature's law never note to line noun object pain participle passion planets Pleas'd pleasure poet pours prep preposition pride pronoun reign rill rise Rubicon self-love and social sense sire slave Socrates sphere stoics stuck o'er substantive phrase taught tence thee things thou art thy reason toil touch truth Turenne Twixt tyrant understood verb virtue's virtuous weak Whate'er whole wise wrong