Essai sur l'hommechez Marc Chapuis, 1762 - 116 páginas |
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... thou 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 ...
... thou 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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... thou ! and in thy fcale of fenfe Weigh thy Opinion against Providence : Call Imperfection what thou fancy'st fuch ; Say , here he gives too little , there too much ; Defiroy all Creatures for thy Sport or guft , Yet cry , if Man's ...
... thou ! and in thy fcale of fenfe Weigh thy Opinion against Providence : Call Imperfection what thou fancy'st fuch ; Say , here he gives too little , there too much ; Defiroy all Creatures for thy Sport or guft , Yet cry , if Man's ...
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... thou canst bear Safe in the hand of one difpofing Pow'r Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . --- ; 260 265 270 275 280 All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; All chance , direction which thou canst not see ; All difcord , harmony ...
... thou canst bear Safe in the hand of one difpofing Pow'r Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . --- ; 260 265 270 275 280 All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; All chance , direction which thou canst not see ; All difcord , harmony ...
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... thou fool ! work'd folely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly Spreads the flow'ry lawn . Is it for thee the lark afcends and fings ? Joy tunes his ...
... thou fool ! work'd folely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly Spreads the flow'ry lawn . Is it for thee the lark afcends and fings ? Joy tunes his ...
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... Thou too must perish , when thy feast is o'er . To each unthinking being heav'n a friend , Gives not the useless knowledge of its end ; To man imparts it ; but with fuch a view 75 As , while he dreads it , makes him hope it too : The ...
... Thou too must perish , when thy feast is o'er . To each unthinking being heav'n a friend , Gives not the useless knowledge of its end ; To man imparts it ; but with fuch a view 75 As , while he dreads it , makes him hope it too : The ...
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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.