 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...  La Belle Assemblée - Page 401808Full view - About this book
 | John Walker - 1811 - 554 pages
...element." Ver. 43£ In his Essay on Man, the author introduces the same image, with equal propriety: " Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As...stirs the peaceful lake; The centre mov'd, a circle strait succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 568 pages
...element." Ver. 436. In his Essay on Man, the author introduces the same image, with equal propriety : " Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; * Mr. Knox, vol. IIL p. 115, writes, anunoffeinliag iiirlitiih/al ; whereas th4 common word muffcnding,... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 pages
...great Author and Original of Being. This is the " course and progress of human love : God loves from whole to parts, but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. " Now (pursues the Apostle) I reason thus : Can " you, who are not yet arrived at that inferior stage... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 454 pages
...great Author and Original of Being. This is the " course and progress of human love : God loves from whole to parts, but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. " Now (pursues the Apostle) I reason thus : Can " you, who are not yet arrived at that inferior stage... | |
 | Hannah More - 1811 - 244 pages
...divine. Gives thee to make thy neighbour's blessing thine. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to make As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov-d, a circle strait succeeds, Another still, and still another sprt uds ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will... | |
 | Herodotus - 1812 - 478 pages
...satisfied with a lamb or a sheep : they eat but sparingly of meat, but are fond of the after dishes, which Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As...Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace, His country next, and next all human race. Pope's Essayt.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 224 pages
...long shall be remote but these Benevolence. % God loves from whole to parts but human soul Must vise from individual to the whole Self-love but serves...the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake The centre mov da circle straight succeeds Another still and still another spreads Friend parent neighbour first... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...God loves from whole to parts t But human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. SelfSelf-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small...lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, 365 Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His... | |
 | Hannah More - 1812 - 248 pages
...make thy neighhour'* hlessing Urine. &il£hive hut ienes the virtuous mind to wake As the small pehhle stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still,and still another spreads ; Friend, pnoent, neighhour, first it will emhrace, Mis country next,... | |
 | Herodotus - 1814 - 422 pages
...beautifully expressed by Pope: God loves from whole to parts, but human soul Must rise from individuals to the whole: Self-love but serves the virtuous mind...Another still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace, His country next, and next all human race. Pofie's being... | |
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