 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, Another still, and still...  An essay on man. Cornish ed - Page 96by Alexander Pope - 1798Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1815 - 190 pages
...mov'd, a circle straight succeeds; Another still, and still another spreads, Friend, parent,neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next; and next all human race : Wide, and more wide th' o'erflowings of the mind, Takeev'ry creature in ofev'ry kind, Earth smiles around, with boundless bounty... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 186 pages
...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...and next all human race : Wide, and more wide th' overflowings of the mind j Take ev'ry creature in of ev'rj kind. Earth smiles around, with boundless... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1817 - 216 pages
...bul serves the virtuous mind to wake As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake The centre mov da circle straight succeeds Another still and still another...country next and next all human race. Wide and more wide Ih o erflowings of the mind Take ev ry creature in of ev ry kind Earth smiles around with boundless... | |
 | John Prior Estlin - Ethics - 1818 - 350 pages
...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...and next all human race ; " Wide and more wide th' o'erflowings of the mind, " Take every creature in, of every kind; " Earth smiles around, with boundless... | |
 | Hannah More - 1818 - 340 pages
...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...embrace, His country next, and next all human race. The author hopes to be forgiven for these remarks: she has hazarded them for the sake of her more youthful... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1818 - 596 pages
...indifference which it would be calculated to produce. Nature has laid down the course of our affection; . . " Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace, His country next, and next all human race." Smce, therefore, we cannot but consider any violation of this principle as an interruption of the law... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1819 - 718 pages
...the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake : The centre mov'd, a circl« straight succeeds ; Another still, and still another...and next, all human race : Wide, and more wide th' o'erflowings of the mind, Take ev'ry creature in, of ev'ry kind. . 246 • KEY. Promiscuous. Earth... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1820 - 80 pages
...mov'd, a circle strait succeeds, Another still and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbor, first it will embrace; His country next, and next all human race; Wide and more wide, th' o'erflow ings of the mind Take ev'ry creature in, of ev'ry kind; Earth smiles around, with boundless... | |
 | Theology - 1827 - 304 pages
...His capacious soul embraces in the'arms of affection and love--- "Friend, parent, neighbor, first, His country next, and next all human race ; Wide, and more wide, the overflowing's of the mind Take every creature in of every kind, Earth smiles around, with boundless... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful hike; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still...and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th' o'erflowings of the mind Take every creature in, of every kind ; Earth smiles around, with boundless... | |
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