 Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert...  Murray's English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the ... - Σελίδα 281των Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 302 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | George Campbell - 1840 - 450 σελίδες
...couplets : Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes ; MEN would be ANGELS, |j ANGELS would be GODS. Aspiring to be GODS, || if ANGELS fell ;— Aspiring to be ANGELS, || MEN rebel7. The like varied opposition in the words principles, means, and ends, may be observed in the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 σελίδες
...the skie«. Pride still is aiming at the blest abode«, Men would be angels, angels would be god«. ly taint the female soul, Instruct the eyes of young...roll, Teach infant cheeks a bidden blush to know. V. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shin*, Earth for whose use ? Pride answers, " Tu iff mine:... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 σελίδες
...into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. V. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine, Earth for whose use? Pride answers, "Tis for mine: For... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1843 - 554 σελίδες
...importance to be made instrumental in conveying the following severe, yet just reproof to man. " Ни God, thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good ! Thy joy, thy pastime, thy nuire, thy food ! Who for thy table feeds the wanton tawn, For him as kindly spreads tlie flow'ry lawn.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 σελίδες
...the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, 125 Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be...the laws Of ORDER, sins against th' Eternal Cause. 130 v. Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine, Earth for whose use ? Pride answers, ' 'Tis for... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - 1977 - 678 σελίδες
...the skies! Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels men rebel." 4. George Cabot. To Oliver Wolcott, Junior l [New York, December, 1800] Your last letter,2 My Dear... | |
 | Steadman Upham - 1990 - 344 σελίδες
...political evolution STEADMAN UPHAM New Mexico State University Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels men rebel. Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man How many angels can sit on the head of a pin? For archaeologists and... | |
 | Thomas P. Saine - 1997 - 388 σελίδες
...into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be...but wishes to invert the laws Of ORDER, sins against th'Eternal Cause.33 The first epistle of the Essay on Man culminates in the well-known proclamation,... | |
 | Nancy Dean - 2000 - 164 σελίδες
...pride of angels with the intent of stressing the dangers of perverting the "natural order" of things: Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell,/ Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel. Pope furthers his argument by comparing Satan's fall from grace (when he rebelled against God) to man's... | |
 | John Adams - 2004 - 580 σελίδες
...into the skies; Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods, Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel. The modern improvers of society, — ameliorators of the condition of mankind, instructors of the human... | |
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