 Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next; and...  Cobbett's Weekly Political Register - Pagina 6071807Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pagina’s
...360 God loves from whole to parts; but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds. 365 Another stil5, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour,... | |
 | John Monck Mason - 1798 - 496 pagina’s
...Man—- God loves from whole to parts; but human soul Must rise from individuals to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake. The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads: Friend, parent, neighbour,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pagina’s
...must be distinguished from that sordid principle which not only begins but ends in self. ' Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, •As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; , The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, * Another still, and still another spreads: ' Krientl, parent, neighbour,... | |
 | John Monck Mason - 1798 - 494 pagina’s
...ManGod loves from whole to parts ; but human soul Must rise from individuals to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake. The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads: Friend, parent, neighbour,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pagina’s
...charity. God loves from whole to parts ; but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake, The center rnov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads; =.' ' ' • —... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pagina’s
...360 God loves from whole to parts ; but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, 365 Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pagina’s
...God loves from "Whole to Parts : But human soul Must rise from Individual to the AVhole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'da circle strait succeeds , Another, still , and still another spreads ; Friend , parent , neighbour... | |
 | 1805 - 420 pagina’s
...our being, they weaken, as they spread, " GOD loves from whole to parts ; but human soul " Must rise from individual to the whole. " Self love but serves...small pebble stirs the peaceful lake. «' The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, «' Another still, and still another spreads ; " Friend, parent,... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pagina’s
...charity. God loves from whole to parts : but liuman soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbour,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pagina’s
...Mr.,Johnson. • knowledge of men and things, expressed with vigour and conciseness. . 51. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake. As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake.* It is observable that this similitude, which is to be found in Silius Italicus, 1. xiii. v. 24>, and... | |
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