 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 252 pages
...middle state , A Being darkly wise , and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the Scepti's side , With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride , He...prefer ; Born but to die , and reas'ning but to err ; Alike in ignorance his reason such , Whether he think too little , or too much ; SUR L'HOMME. EPITRE... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 268 pages
...middle state, A Being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs...prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err ; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much : Chaos of Thought... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 254 pages
...state , A Bling darkly wise , and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the Sccpti's sidc , "W ith too much weakness for the Stoic's pride , He hangs...prefer ; Born but to die , and reas'ning but to err ; Alike in ignorance his reason such , Whether he think too little , or too much ; SUR L'HOMME. EPITRE... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great ; With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs...his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...Pourquoi ne puis-je, au gre de ma pudique flame ; Faire au moins en trois mois cent enfans a ma femme ; Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A Being...or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast ; NOTES. Pourquoi suis-je en im jour si las de ses attraits? Tes pourquoi, dit le Dieu, ne finiraient... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 pages
...Pourquoi ne puis-je, au gr6 de ma pudique flame ; Faire au moins en trois mois cent enfans a ma femme ; Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A Being...rest ; In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast'; Pourquoi suis-je en un jour si las de ses attraits? Tes pourquoi, dit le Dieu, ne finiraient jamais,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great; With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs...doubt his mind or body to prefer Born but to die, and reasoning but to err 36. E Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...a middle state, A being datkly wise and rudely great; With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs...to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god or bea^t In doubt his mind or body to prefer Born but to die, and reasoning but to err 36. K Alike in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...Ode on Life and Fame. As also line 205, in the 4th Epistle, To Kings, or to the Favourites of Kings. his Mind or Body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to eir ; 10 Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much : Chaos of... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, us inferior orbs inclos'd From Chaos, and th' inroad of darkness old, Satan alighted reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much... | |
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Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride,... 
