An essay on man [by A. Pope]. With some humourous verses on the death of dean Swift, written by himselfPrinted, & sold by the Booksellers of London & Westminster, 1736 - 32 páginas |
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... of Society , that External Goods fhould be unequal , Happiness is not made to confift in these , 47. But notwithstanding the Inequality , the B 2 Balance Balance of Happiness among Mankind is kept even by Providence The CONTENTS .
... of Society , that External Goods fhould be unequal , Happiness is not made to confift in these , 47. But notwithstanding the Inequality , the B 2 Balance Balance of Happiness among Mankind is kept even by Providence The CONTENTS .
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Alexander Pope. Balance of Happiness among Mankind is kept even by Providence , by the two Paffions of Hope and Fear , 66 . What the Happiness of Individuals is . As far as is con- fiftent with the Conftitution of this World , 76. That ...
Alexander Pope. Balance of Happiness among Mankind is kept even by Providence , by the two Paffions of Hope and Fear , 66 . What the Happiness of Individuals is . As far as is con- fiftent with the Conftitution of this World , 76. That ...
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... pleas'd with nothing , if not blefs'd with all ? 180 The Blifs of Man ( could Pride that Bleffing find ) Is not to think , or act , beyond Mankind ; No 1 No Powr's of Body or of Soul to share Epift . I. 5 ESSAY on MAN .
... pleas'd with nothing , if not blefs'd with all ? 180 The Blifs of Man ( could Pride that Bleffing find ) Is not to think , or act , beyond Mankind ; No 1 No Powr's of Body or of Soul to share Epift . I. 5 ESSAY on MAN .
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... Mankind is Man . Plac'd on this Ifthmus of a middle State , A Being darkly Wife , and rudely great : With too much Knowledge for the Sceptic Side , With too much Weakness for a Stoic's Pride , He hangs between ; in doubt to act , or ...
... Mankind is Man . Plac'd on this Ifthmus of a middle State , A Being darkly Wife , and rudely great : With too much Knowledge for the Sceptic Side , With too much Weakness for a Stoic's Pride , He hangs between ; in doubt to act , or ...
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... Mankind . Heav'n forming each on other to depend , A Master , or a Servant , or a Friend , Bids each on other for Affiftance call , ' Till one Man's Weakness grows the Strength of all . Wants , Frailties , Paffions , closer still allye ...
... Mankind . Heav'n forming each on other to depend , A Master , or a Servant , or a Friend , Bids each on other for Affiftance call , ' Till one Man's Weakness grows the Strength of all . Wants , Frailties , Paffions , closer still allye ...
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Página 9 - 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 prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err...
Página 30 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Página 10 - Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!
Página 27 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Página 28 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave.
Página 2 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know ? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, "Tis ours to trace him only in our own.
Página 10 - Man, but for that, no action could attend, And, but for this, were active to no end: Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot: Or, meteor-like, flame lawless through the void, Destroying others, by himself destroy'd.
Página 27 - The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd. " What differ more (you cry) than crown and cowl !" I'll tell you, friend ! a wise man and a fool.
Página 18 - Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Página 1 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye 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.