 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...  The British Poets - Page 481866Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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...prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled : The glory, jest, and riddle of the wrirlii f [From An Essay on ^fan.] SUBMISSION TO SUPREME... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...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...prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled ; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! Go, wondcrous creature ! mount where Science guides... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1832 - 86 pages
...reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much : Chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd or disabus'd ; • Created half to rise, and half to fall ; 15 Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd ; The... | |
 | Blanford Parker - 1998 - 282 pages
...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...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 is... | |
 | Ellis Sandoz - 1999 - 253 pages
...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...endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest and riddle of the world.2 Government under such conditions was pronounced (by James Madison in Federalist No. 51) as... | |
 | Bruno Barnhart - 1999 - 292 pages
...Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much; Still by himself abused or disabus'd Created half to rise, and half to fall;...hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! ' The Pauline expression of this human duality is a moral conflict. So I find it to be a law that when... | |
 | Thorsten Paprotny - 1999 - 254 pages
...little, or too much. Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, ordisabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord...hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!" (Alexander Pope, Essay on Man) „Ich glaube der Mensch ist am Ende ein so freies Wesen, daß ihm das... | |
 | David L. Sills, Robert King Merton - 2000 - 466 pages
...reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much: Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half...hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! An Essay on Man (1733) 1950: Epistle 2, 53-56. 2 For Forms of Government let fools contest; Whate'er... | |
 | Edward Harrison - 2000 - 586 pages
...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...prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! Alexander Pope (1688-1744), An Essay on Man 2 "Behold... | |
 | Michael Shermer - 2001 - 368 pages
...himself a god or beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Created half to rise, and half to fall, Great lord...error hurl'd; The glory, jest and riddle of the world. —Alexander Pope, "Essay on Man': CONTENTS Introduction: Blurry Lines and Fuzzy Sets: The Boundary... | |
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