 | British anthology - 1825 - Liczba stron: 460
...himself a god or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but (o err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks...hurl'd ; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! [guides ; Go, wondrous creature ! mount where science Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - Liczba stron: 536
...his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err ; Ю Alike in ignorance, hie reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much...error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! Or tread the mazy round his followers trod, And quitting sense call imitating God ; As Eastern priests... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - Liczba stron: 600
...or .too mueh ; Chaos of thought and passion, all eonfus'd ; Still by himself abus'd or disabus'd ; ereature ! mount where seienee guides, Go, measuie earth, weigh air, and state the tides ; Instruet... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - Liczba stron: 786
...little or too much : Chaos of thought, and passion all confus'd, Still-by himself abus'il or disabus'd : Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord...hurl'd, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. POPE. What an incongruous animal is Man ! How unsettled in his best part, in his soul! and how changeable... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - Liczba stron: 428
...a God, or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Bom but to die, and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks...prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled ; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! Go, wondcrous creature ! mount where Science guides... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1832 - Liczba stron: 86
...all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd or disabus'd ; • Created half to rise, and half to fall ; 15 Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole...science guides. Go, measure earth, weigh air, and taste the tides ; SO Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, ^ Correct old time, and regulate the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - Liczba stron: 350
...passion, all confused ; Still by himself abused or disabused ; Created half to rise and half to fall ; 15 Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole...Go, wondrous creature ! mount where science guides ; 19 Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides ; i Ktuno then thyself. The division of the... | |
 | Horace Binney Wallace - 1838 - Liczba stron: 264
...majestic wisdom — as his description of the state of man : ' Born but to die, and reasoning but to err : Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole...hurl'd ; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world !' Think of these words amid the din of worldly business; think of them in the ardour of studious toil... | |
 | 1855 - Liczba stron: 534
...perceived even by heathen philosophers, and were to them (unenlightened by revelation) a profound enigma. ' Chaos of thought and passion all confused, Still by...fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; i Apoc. xv. 8. ' Wordsworth. His tone on this point is, we believe, that of all German poets, even... | |
 | 1847 - Liczba stron: 540
...burns an active flame, The love of glory, or the dread of shame. POPE. 17. Created half to rise, or half to fall, Great lord of all things, yet a prey...hurl'd, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. 18. Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw; Some livelier... | |
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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... 
