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" Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man. "
The Beauties of Pope: Consisting of Selections from His Poetical and Prose Works - Page 88
by Alexander Pope - 1783 - 278 pages
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Critical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can ; But vindicate the ways of God to Man.1 1 • Vindicate the ways, ' &c. : borrowed from Milton. I. Say first, of God above, or Man below,...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Critical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pages
...walks, shoot folly; as it flies,( And catch the manners livibg-as they rise ; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can ; But vindicate the ways of God to Man.1 1 ' Vindicate the ways, ' &c. : borrowed from Milton. I. Say first, of God above, or Man below,...
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Anecdotes, observations, and characters of books and men. Collected from the ...

Joseph SPENCE - Authors, English - 1858 - 488 pages
...rest. — These two lines contain the main design that runs through the whole : " Laugh where we must ; be candid where we can ; But vindicate the ways of God to man." — POPE. Pryor kept everything by him, even to all his school exercises. There is a manuscript collection...
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Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men

Joseph Spence - Authors, English - 1858 - 442 pages
...rest.—These two lines contain the main design that runs through the whole: " Laugh where we must; be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man."—POPE. Pryor kept everything by him, even to all his school exercises. There is a manuscript...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 pages
...nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man. 1. Say first, of God above or man below What can we reason but from what we know ? Of man what see...
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Nemesis: or, The avenger, by Marion Harland, Volume 20

Mary Virginia Terhune - 1860 - 512 pages
...tracts, the giddy heights explore, Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar, Chide where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man." ' ' "Where does Mr. Laidley dine ? ' inquired Mrs. Rashleigh. ' He and Mr. Kenny were invited together...
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Essay on man, and The universal prayer

Alexander Pope - 1860 - 60 pages
...nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can ; But vindicate the ways of God to man. I. Say, first, of God above or man below, What can we reason but from what we know ? Of man, what see...
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An index to familiar quotations selected principally from British authors ...

John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...Agonistes, Line 208. POPE has borrowed this idea in the following lines : — Laugh where we must, be candid where we can ; But vindicate the ways of God to man. POPE. — Essay on Man, Epistle I. Liue 15. JUSTICE.— Yc gods! what justice rules the ball? Freedom...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, with a life, by A. Dyce, Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1863 - 332 pages
...nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can. But vindicate the ways of God to man. 1. Say first, of God above or man below What can we reason but from what we know ? Of man what see...
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passages and ...

John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man.* Epistle i. Line 13. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate. Epistle i. Line 11. Pleased to...
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