 | Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1781 - 620 pages
...Turberville's SONNETS '. He pub* Pope's lines are almolt too well-known to be tranfcribed. Superiour beings, when of late they faw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admir'd fuch wifdora in an earthy (hape, And fhew'da Newton as we fliew an Ape. ' B. vi. Signal. QJij. • B. vi.... | |
 | Horace - Poetry - 1776 - 282 pages
...may be taken from Mr. Pope. One of the mod ftriking pafifages in the Effay e» Man is the following : Superior Beings, when of late they faw A mortal man...all nature's law, Admir'd fuch wifdom in an earthly fhape, And Ihew'da NEWTON, as we fhew an ape. Ep. ii. ver. 31. Can you doubt, from \htfingularity of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1776 - 52 pages
...Go, teach Eternal Wifdom how to rule •"••* ,. Then drop into thyfelf, and be a fool f £!&• Superior beings, when of late they faw A mortal Man...Nature's law,. Admir'd fuch wifdom in an, earthly fhape^. And mew'da NEWTON as we fhew an Ape. Could he, whofe rules the rapid Comet 1 -in J, 35 Defcribe... | |
 | Bibliography - 1776 - 568 pages
...of a MAN ! W. * On the following famous, tho aukward, encomium upen. Sir Ifaac Kcwton, by Mr. Pope. Superior Beings, when of late they faw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, Admir'd fuch wiidom in a human fliape, And fliew'da Newton, as we fliew an ape. Tbe Cave of Death. An Elegy. Infcribed... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...imitate the Sun. Go, teach Eternal Wifdom how to rule—- Then, drop into thyfelf, and be a fool ! Superior beings, when of late they faw A mortal Man...unfold all Nature's Law, Admir'd fuch wifdom in an earttily lhape, And (hew'da NEWTON as we (hcw an Ape. Could he, whofe rules the rapid Comet bind, Deferibe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 414 pages
...to imitate the Sun. ' Go, teach Eternal Wifdom how to ruleThen drop into thyfelf, and be a fool ! 30 Superior beings, when of late they faw A mortal Man...all Nature's Law, Admir'd fuch wifdom in an earthly fhape, And fhew'da Newton as we fhew an Ape. Could VARIATIONS. He fees, he feels, as you or I to be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 392 pages
...teach. Eternal Wifdom how to rule— » Then drop into thyfclf, and be a fool ! 30 Superior brings, when of late they faw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law, Arimir'd fuch jwifdom in an earthly fhupc, I And fhew'da Newton as we mew an Ape. Could i VARIATIONS.... | |
 | English literature - 1800 - 554 pages
...never to have been taken notice of, as evidently borrowed from different authors, there mentioned. " Superior Beings, when of late they faw " A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, " Admir'd fuch wii'dom in an earthly fhape, " And flicw'da Newton as we (hew an ape." EfTay on Man, Ep. ii. V. 31.... | |
 | Joseph Warton - Verse satire, English - 1772 - 374 pages
...habits de marquis, en robes de comtcfles, Venoient pour diiFamer fon chef d'oeuvre nouveau. BoiLEAU. Superior beings when of late they faw A mortal man unfold all nature's law ; Admir'cl fuch wifdom in an earthly fhape, And ftiew'da Newton as we fhew an ape. POPE. Simia ccelicolum... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 pages
...guardian of truth, and yet a mere huddle of uncertainty! the glory and the fcandal of the univerfe." 22. Superior beings when of late they faw A mortal man unfold all natures law, Admtr'd fuch wifdom in an earthly fhape, And fhew'da Newton as we fhew an ape. f THE author... | |
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Superior beings, when of late they faw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law, Admir'd fuch wifdom in an earthly fhape, And fhew'da NEWTON as we fhew an Ape. Could he, whofe rules the rapid Comet bind, 35 Defcribe or fix one movement of his Mind ? Who faw... 
