 | 1733 - 712 pàgines
...? For the*? VileWurm'. — OMidnelt! Pride! Impiety! What if the Foot, ordain' J theduft to tread. Or Hand to toil, afpir'd to be the Head ? What if the Head, the Eye or Ear, repir'd To ferve mere Engine! to the ruling Mind? Vain would r*vMufe,in Number* Iweet yetftiong, To... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1736 - 64 pàgines
...thee ! Vile Worm !— O Madnefs ! Pride ! Impiety ! 250 What if the Foot, ordain'd the Duft to tread, Or Hand to toil, afpir'd to be the Head ? What if...To ferve mere Engines to the ruling Mind ? Juft as abfurd, for any Part to claim 255 To be another, in this gen'ral Frame : Juft as abfurd to mourn the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 274 pàgines
...defence of the Syftem of "Nature, is taken from St Paul, who employed it to defend the Syfiem of Grace. What if the head, the eye, or ear repin'd To ferve mere engines to the ruling Mind ? Juft as abfurd for any part to claim To be another, in this gen'ral frame : Juft as abfurd, to mourn the tafks... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pàgines
...defence of the Syftem of Nature, is taken from St Paul, who employed it to defend the Syjiem of Grace. What if the head, the eye, or ear repin'd To ferve mere engines to the ruling Mind ? Juft as abfurd for any part to claim To be another, in this gen'ral frame : Juft as abfurd, to mourn the tafks... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 374 pàgines
...! IX. What if the foot, ordain'd the duft to tread, Or hand, to toil, afpir'd to be the head ? 260 What if the head, the eye, or ear repin'd To ferve mere engines to the ruling Mind ? NOTES. the planetary bodies of each fyftem ; and to the figures defcribed by that motion. VER. 251.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 378 pàgines
...! IX. What if the foot, ordain'd the duft to tread, Or hand, to toil, afpir'd to be the head ? 260 What if the head, the eye, or ear repin'd To ferve mere engines to the ruling Mind ? NOTES. alludes to the motion of the planetary bodies of each fyftem ; and to the figures defcribed... | |
 | Art - 1762 - 290 pàgines
...pride, of man's defuing to be other than what he is. What if the foot, ordain'd the duft to tread, Or hand to toil, afpir'd to be the head ? What if...To ferve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Juft as abfurd for any part to claim To be another, in this gen'ral frame : Juft as abfurd, to mourn the tafks... | |
 | John Newbery - 1762 - 292 pàgines
...pride, of man's defiring to be other than what he is. What if the foot, ordain' J the duft to tread, Or hand to toil, afpir'd to be the head ? What if the head, the eye, or ear repin'd To fefve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Juft as abfurd for any part to claim To be another, in this... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1762 - 160 pàgines
...for thee , Vile Worm! — 0 Madnefs! Pride! Impiety WHAT if the foot, ordain 'd the duß to tread, Or hand to toil, afpir'd to be the head ? What if the head, the eye or ear rcpin'd Toferve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Juß as abfurd, for any part to claim To be an other,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1763 - 150 pàgines
...Impiety' IX. What if the foot, ordain'd the duft to tread, Or hand, to toil, afpir'd to be the head ? 260 What if the head, the eye, or ear repin'd To ferve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Juft as abfurd for any part to claim To be another, in this gen'ral frame: Juft as abfurd, to mourn the tafks... | |
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To be another, in this gen'ral frame, Just as absurd, to mourn the tasks or pains, The great directing Mind of all ordains. All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul... 
