Essay on Man1840 - 228 pages |
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... virtue's name . In lazy apathy , let stoics boast Their virtue fix'd ; ' tis fix'd as in a frost ; Contracted all , retiring to the breast ; But strength of mind is exercise , not rest : The rising tempest puts in act the soul ; Parts ...
... virtue's name . In lazy apathy , let stoics boast Their virtue fix'd ; ' tis fix'd as in a frost ; Contracted all , retiring to the breast ; But strength of mind is exercise , not rest : The rising tempest puts in act the soul ; Parts ...
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... virtue , whether blest or curst , Which meets contempt , or which compassion first ? Count all th ' advantage prosp'rous vice attains , ' Tis but what virtue flies from and disdains : And grant the bad what happiness they would , One ...
... virtue , whether blest or curst , Which meets contempt , or which compassion first ? Count all th ' advantage prosp'rous vice attains , ' Tis but what virtue flies from and disdains : And grant the bad what happiness they would , One ...
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... virtue , punish mine . WHATEVER IS , IS RIGHT . This world , ' tis true , Was made for Cæsar - but for Titus too ; And which more blest ? who chain'd his country , say , Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? " But sometimes virtue ...
... virtue , punish mine . WHATEVER IS , IS RIGHT . This world , ' tis true , Was made for Cæsar - but for Titus too ; And which more blest ? who chain'd his country , say , Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? " But sometimes virtue ...
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28 Floréal alike barbare beast blessing blest bliss bonheur Britannique call Cambacérès Capets-Bourbons chaînes CHARLES LE BRUN ciel cieux citoyens creature crimes cruel demandez Dieu earth égorger Empereur enfans ev'ry Ferdinand VII féroce find first fix'd Floréal an 12 fool form'd friend George IV gives gloire good gouvernement Britannique great habitans happiness heav'n heaven's héréditaire HEROS heureux hommes hope humain impériale int'rest Joseph Bonaparte kind kings know l'Etat l'exécrable l'hérédité l'homme l'univers laws liberté life lois Louis Bonaparte Louis XVIII love made Majesté makes man alone man's mankind mind NAPOLEON BONAPARTE nation nature nature's nature's law naturels & légitimes never passions patrie perfide peuple pleasure politique pow'r pride qu'un reason République right rise sang Self-love sénat sénatus-consulte seul siècle Sire soul state strong taught tems things think thro tribunat trône tyran vertu vertueux vice virtue wants weak whole wise