An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to Lord Bolingbroke |
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... wise and rudely great ; With too much knowledge for the sceptic side , 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 ...
... wise and rudely great ; With too much knowledge for the sceptic side , 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 ...
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... divine , The scale to measure others ' wants by thine . See ! and confess one comfort still must rise ; ' T is this , — Though man's a fool yet God is a EPISTLE III . RE ARGUMENT . 1. The whole universe. wise . pours 48 AN ESSAY ON MAN .
... divine , The scale to measure others ' wants by thine . See ! and confess one comfort still must rise ; ' T is this , — Though man's a fool yet God is a EPISTLE III . RE ARGUMENT . 1. The whole universe. wise . pours 48 AN ESSAY ON MAN .
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... wise ? " Heroes are much the same , the point's agreed , From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; The whole strange ... wise ; All sly slow things with circumspective eyes : Men in their loose unguarded hours they take , Not that ...
... wise ? " Heroes are much the same , the point's agreed , From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; The whole strange ... wise ; All sly slow things with circumspective eyes : Men in their loose unguarded hours they take , Not that ...
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