 | Jacques Delille - 1824 - 388 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...little or too much : Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord... | |
 | F. Campbell - 1824 - 440 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...little or too much : Chaos of thought and passion, all confus'dj Still by himself abus'd or disabus'd ; Created half to rise and half to fall ; Great lord... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 430 pages
...prefer ; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err ; 10 Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether lie thinks too little or too much : Chaos of thought and...all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd ; and so makes his author directly contradict himself, where he says of Man, that he hath — " too... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks...little or too much: Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still hy himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord... | |
 | Brian Dolan - 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 - 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 - 1997 - 354 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...little or too much: Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise and half to fall; Great lord... | |
 | John Cottingham - 1998 - 250 pages
...or rest, In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast . . . Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confused; Still by himself abus'd or disabus'd; Created half...prey to all, Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurled: The glory, jest and riddle of the world! Alexander Pope1 I . THE FRUITS OF PHILOSOPHY [Philosophia]... | |
 | Blanford Parker - 1998 - 282 pages
...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...fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all. (An Essay on Man, n, 3- 14)38 This is great poetry. Its mastery of rhythm, antithesis, and diction... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...Pride, in erring Reason's spite, One truth is clear. 'Whatever IS, IS RIGHT'. 8898 An Essay on Man Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord...prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! 8899 An Essay on Man Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how... | |
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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 hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! 
