Essai sur l'hommechez Marc Chapuis, 1762 - 116 páginas |
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... find Why form'd fo weak , fo little , and fo blind ? First , if thou can'ft , the harder reason guess Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no lefs ? Ask of thy mother Earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they ...
... find Why form'd fo weak , fo little , and fo blind ? First , if thou can'ft , the harder reason guess Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no lefs ? Ask of thy mother Earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they ...
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... find ) Is , not to act , or think , beyond mankind ; No pow'rs of body or of foul to Share , ? But what his nature and his ftate can bear . Why has not Man a microfcopic eye For this plain reafon , Man is not a fly . Say what the use ...
... find ) Is , not to act , or think , beyond mankind ; No pow'rs of body or of foul to Share , ? But what his nature and his ftate can bear . Why has not Man a microfcopic eye For this plain reafon , Man is not a fly . Say what the use ...
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... find , He mounts the ftorm , and walks upon the wind . PASSIONS , like elements , tho ' born to fight , Yet mix'd and foften'd , in his work unite : Thefe , ' tis enough to temper and employ ; But what compofes Man , can Man deftroy ...
... find , He mounts the ftorm , and walks upon the wind . PASSIONS , like elements , tho ' born to fight , Yet mix'd and foften'd , in his work unite : Thefe , ' tis enough to temper and employ ; But what compofes Man , can Man deftroy ...
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... find , The whole employ of body and of mind . All Spread their charms , but charm not all alike : On diff'rent fenfes diff'rent objects firike : Hence diff'rent paffions more or less inflame , As ftrong , or weak , the organs of the ...
... find , The whole employ of body and of mind . All Spread their charms , but charm not all alike : On diff'rent fenfes diff'rent objects firike : Hence diff'rent paffions more or less inflame , As ftrong , or weak , the organs of the ...
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... find reafon on their fide . TH ' ETERNAL ART , educing good from ill , Grafts on this pasion our beft principle : ' Tis thus , the mercury of Man is fix'd , Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd ; The drofs cements what else ...
... find reafon on their fide . TH ' ETERNAL ART , educing good from ill , Grafts on this pasion our beft principle : ' Tis thus , the mercury of Man is fix'd , Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd ; The drofs cements what else ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 30 - 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 9 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Página 25 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns; To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Página 97 - tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it, when he tempts the main, Where folly fights for kings, or dives for gain. The good man may be weak, be indolent; Nor is his claim to plenty, but content.
Página 57 - Know, Nature's children all divide her care; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!
Página 49 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.
Página 82 - Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? Where grows? where grows it not ? if vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil.
Página 30 - 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 54 - 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 46 - Ask where's the North? at York, 'tis on the Tweed; In Scotland, at the Orcades ; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where.