An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to Lord Bolingbroke |
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... bliss stands still , And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives , Is blessed in what it takes and what it gives ; The joy unequalled if its end it gain , And , if it lose , attended with no pain ...
... bliss stands still , And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives , Is blessed in what it takes and what it gives ; The joy unequalled if its end it gain , And , if it lose , attended with no pain ...
Page 92
... bliss that fills up all the mind . He sees why nature plants in man alone , Hope of known bliss , and faith in bliss unknown : ( Nature , whose dictates to no other kind Are given in vain , but what they seek they find ) Wise is her ...
... bliss that fills up all the mind . He sees why nature plants in man alone , Hope of known bliss , and faith in bliss unknown : ( Nature , whose dictates to no other kind Are given in vain , but what they seek they find ) Wise is her ...
Page 93
... bliss ; At once his own bright prospect to be blest , And strongest motive to assist the rest . Self - love thus pushed to social , to divine , Gives thee to make thy neighbor's blessing thine . Is this too little for the boundless ...
... bliss ; At once his own bright prospect to be blest , And strongest motive to assist the rest . Self - love thus pushed to social , to divine , Gives thee to make thy neighbor's blessing thine . Is this too little for the boundless ...
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