Moral essays, satires, &cJ. French, 1777 - 195 páginas |
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... rest ; In doubt to deem himfelf a God , or Beaft ; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer ; Born but to die , and reas'ning but to err ; Alike in ignorance , his reafon fuch , Whether he thinks too little , or too much : Chaos of Thought ...
... rest ; In doubt to deem himfelf a God , or Beaft ; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer ; Born but to die , and reas'ning but to err ; Alike in ignorance , his reafon fuch , Whether he thinks too little , or too much : Chaos of Thought ...
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... rest : The rifing tempest puts in act the foul , Parts it may ravage , but preferves the whole . On life's vaft ocean diverfely we fail , Reason the chart , but paffion is the gale ; Nor God alone in the still calm we find , He mounts ...
... rest : The rifing tempest puts in act the foul , Parts it may ravage , but preferves the whole . On life's vaft ocean diverfely we fail , Reason the chart , but paffion is the gale ; Nor God alone in the still calm we find , He mounts ...
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... rest . As man , perhaps , the moment of his breath , Receives the lurking principle of death ; The young difeafe , that must fubdue at length , Grows with his growth , aud ftrengthens with his So , caft and mingled with his very frame ...
... rest . As man , perhaps , the moment of his breath , Receives the lurking principle of death ; The young difeafe , that must fubdue at length , Grows with his growth , aud ftrengthens with his So , caft and mingled with his very frame ...
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... rest obey ; " And for thofe arts mere instinct could afford , Be crown'd as monarchs , or as gods ador'd . " V. Great nature spoke ; obfervant man obey'd ; Cities were built , focieties were made : Here rofe one little state ; another ...
... rest obey ; " And for thofe arts mere instinct could afford , Be crown'd as monarchs , or as gods ador'd . " V. Great nature spoke ; obfervant man obey'd ; Cities were built , focieties were made : Here rofe one little state ; another ...
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... rest is all but leather or prunella . Stuck o'er with titles , and hung round with strings , That thou may'st be by kings , or whores of kings . Boaft the pure blood of an illustrious race , In quiet flow from Lucrece to Lucrece : But ...
... rest is all but leather or prunella . Stuck o'er with titles , and hung round with strings , That thou may'st be by kings , or whores of kings . Boaft the pure blood of an illustrious race , In quiet flow from Lucrece to Lucrece : But ...
Términos y frases comunes
againſt Aſk Balaam Becauſe beſt bleffing bleft blifs breaſt caufe cauſe Court eaſe EPISTLE ev'n ev'ry eyes fame fave fcarce feem fenfe ferves fhade fhall fhould fince fing firſt fome fool foul ftill fuch fure give grace happineſs hate heart Heav'n himſelf honeſt honour juft juſt King knave laft laſt laws learn'd leaſt lefs live Lord mankind mind miſtakes moſt Mufe muft muſt Nature nature's ne'er never o'er obferve paffion paſt pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure Poet poor Pow'r praiſe pride profe proud reafon reft reſt rhyme rich rife riſe Sappho Satire ſhall ſhe ſpread ſtands ſtate ſtill ſtrong taſte thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro Truth uſe Vafes verfe verſe Vice Virtue whate'er Whig whofe whole whoſe wife Wiſdom worfe write
Pasajes populares
Página 12 - What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam : Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green ; Of hearing, from the life that fills the flood, To that which warbles through the vernal wood. The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine ! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line...
Página 16 - 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 5 - Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot; Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit.
Página 47 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Página 52 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe.
Página 5 - 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.
Página 73 - But an inferior not dependant ? worse. Offend her, and she knows not to forgive; Oblige her, and she'll hate you while you live; But die, and she'll adore you — Then the bust And temple rise — then fall again to dust.
Página 89 - Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name : Go, search it there, where to be born and die, Of rich and poor makes all the history ; Enough, that Virtue fill'd the space between ; Prov'd by the ends of being, to have been.
Página 7 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state : From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Página 224 - Lo! at the Wheels of her Triumphal Car, Old England's Genius, rough with many a Scar, Dragg'd in the Dust! his Arms hang idly round, His Flag inverted trails along the ground! Our Youth, all liv'ry'd o'er with foreign Gold, Before her dance; behind her crawl the Old!