 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...Know then thyself, presume not God to scan ; The proper study of mankind is man.f Epistle ii. Line 1. Chaos of thought and passion, all confused ; Still...fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; * Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. BRYDEN,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...a god, or beast ; [n doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 72 pages
...himself a God or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks...hurl'd; ; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! ] Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old time, and regulate the sun ; Go, soar with... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1868 - 828 pages
...The proper study of mankind is man.1 Epistle ii. Line I. Chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd ; Still by himself abused or disabused ; Created half...hurl'd ; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world !3 Epistle ii. Line 13. Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and... | |
 | 1868 - 418 pages
...a God, or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer, Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused, Still...prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world !" The physician should also, I think, be a man of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1869 - 512 pages
...a god, or beast ; tn doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks...world ! Go, wondrous creature ! mount where science guidee, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 512 pages
...a god, or beast; [n doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks...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 Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...a god or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born 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. Essay on Man. A LESSON OF THANKFULNESS. HOPE springs,... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...From Charron (de la Sargesse) : — ' La vraye science et le vray etude de l'homme c'est l'homme.' Chaos of thought and passion, all confused ; Still...prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled ; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world.* Epistle ii. Line 13. Fix'd like a plant on his... | |
 | John T. Watson - Quotations - 1869 - 524 pages
...flame, The love of glory, or the dread of shame. Port. Created half to rise, or half to fall, Gruat lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge...hurl'd, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. POPE'S Essay on Man. MAN. 38t Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, Pleas'd \vith a rattle, tickled... | |
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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... 
