 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - عدد الصفحات: 328
...their improper — ill. Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul ; Reason's comparing halance rules the whole. Man, but for that, no action could attend, And but for this, were active to no end; Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot ; Or, meteor-like, flame... | |
 | 1808 - عدد الصفحات: 408
...Self-love, thcspringof motion, acts the soul; Reason's comparing balance rules the whole, Mnn, but tor that, no action could attend ; And, but for this, were active to no cud ; Fix'd like a plnnt on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot: Or, meteor-like,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - عدد الصفحات: 536
...ill. Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the sonli Reason'; comparing balance rules the wljole. 6* Man, but for that, no action could attend, And, but for this, were active to no end s Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot ; To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot, Or, meteor-like,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - عدد الصفحات: 546
...Self-love, the spring of motion, actethemul; Reason's comparing balance rules the whole, 6ft Man, but fbr that, no action could attend, And, but for this, were active to no end : Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot ; To draw nutrition, propagate, end rat. Or, meteor-like,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - عدد الصفحات: 348
...TOt JIt K And to their proper operation still, Ascribe all good ; to their improper, ill. Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul ; Reason's comparing balance rules the whole. 6» Man, but for that, no action could attend, And, but for this, were active to no end : Fix'd like... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 132
...Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain ; Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call, 55 Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul ; Reason's comparing balance rules the whole. 60 Man, but for that, no action could attend, And, but for this, were active to no end : Fix'd like... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 80
...govern all: And to their proper operation still Ascribe all good; to their improper, ill. Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul; Reason's comparing...attend, And, but for this, were active to no end. Fix'd, like a plant, on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot; Or, meteor-like, flame... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 832
...all : And to their proper operations still, Ascribe all good, to their improper, ill. Self-love, tin L+ : Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot ; To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot, Or, meteor-like,... | |
 | 1827 - عدد الصفحات: 304
...as Pope so justly expresses it : "Self-We, the spring of motion, acts the soul ; Reason's comparing1 balance rules the whole. Man, but for that, no action...attend, And but for this, were active to no end." The lawyer, it seems, was not satisfied with beingdefeated so completely at the first onset, he therefore... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 402
...govern all : And to their proper operations still, Ascribe all good, to their improper, ill. Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul ; Reason's comparing...could attend, And but for this, were active to no end : Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot ; To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot, Or, meteor-like,... | |
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Each works its end, to move or govern all: And to their proper operation still Ascribe all good; to their improper, ill. Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul; Reason's comparing balance rules the whole. Man, but for that, no action could attend,... 
