 Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride,...  L'essai sur l'homme - Σελίδα 38των Alexander Pope - 1821 - 207 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 σελίδες
...'With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He liangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt to deem...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 σελίδες
...middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs...his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; 1O Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 σελίδες
...state, A being darkly wise and rudely great; With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With loo much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between,...doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning bat to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether ho thinks too little or too much... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 σελίδες
...middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With th human gore distain'd, To the pure skies these horrid hands to raise, Or offer hea ; 1л doubt to deem himself a god, or beast \ In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die,... | |
 | Samuel B. EMMONS - 1832 - 168 σελίδες
...state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic's side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs...err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much: Chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 σελίδες
...middle stale, A being darkly wise, and rudely great; With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs...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;... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 σελίδες
...middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great ; With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs...God, or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Bom but to die, and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1832 - 86 σελίδες
...With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between : in doubt to act or rest ; In doubts to deem himself a god or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer, Born but to die, and reas'oing but to err ; 10 Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too... | |
 | 1834 - 372 σελίδες
...arduous nature of his day's duty. CHAPTER XXII. " With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs...doubt to act or rest, In doubt to deem himself a god orjbeast." POPE. THE tortoise pace at which Rustum proceeded, accorded well with Alraschid's present... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 σελίδες
...middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great ; With too much knowlege for the sceptic side, 5 With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs...his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; 10 Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too... | |
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