 With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to...  The Works of Alexander Pope; - Page 49by Alexander Pope - 1822Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...Stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest, In doubt to deem 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 too little, or too much... | |
 | Joseph Carroll - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 1096 pages
...Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest, In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to 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 and... | |
 | Richard Gordon - Medicine - 2002 - 448 pages
...professionally conduct Pope's proper study of mankind, man. Who is: In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err. The anthropological monarch, crowned flashingly with artistic and philosophical diadems, forgets that... | |
 | Brian Dolan - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 532 pages
...himself a God, or Beast; In douht his Mind or Body to prefet; Born hut to die, and reas'ning hut to ert; Alike in ignorance, his reason such. Whether he thinks too little, or too much: Chaos ot Thought and Passion, all confused; Still hy himself ahused, or disahused; Created half to rise,... | |
 | Daniel J. Boorstin - Political Science - 1996 - 289 pages
...himself a God, or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to 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." The power which first had seemed to give man security, might actually take from him the only belief... | |
 | Ray Fuller, Patricia Noonan Walsh, Patrick McGinley - History - 1997 - 354 pages
...Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest, In doubt to deem 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 too little or too much:... | |
 | Blanford Parker - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 282 pages
...Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest, In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast; In doubt his mind or Body to prefer, Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half to... | |
 | Kirsten Malmkjær, John Williams - Foreign Language Study - 1998 - 212 pages
...'potential' event, something 'that may never perhaps happen' (Harris 1771:143-4). Hence in Pope we find: 18 Alike in ignorance his reason such Whether he thinks too little or too much (Essay on Man 2, 11-12) where the selection of the indicative follows the norm identified by Harris.... | |
 | Ellis Sandoz - Political Science - 1999 - 253 pages
...sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; . . . Chaos of Thought and Passion all confus'd. Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half... | |
 | Bruno Barnhart - Religion - 1999 - 292 pages
...Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to 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; Still by himself abused... | |
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