 | Alexander Pope - 1768 - 726 pàgines
...115 Men would be *Angel?, .Angels would be Gods . tAfpir'mg to be Gods , // Angels fell , tAfpiring to be Angels , Men rebel .»And who but wishes to invert the Laws Of ORDER, fins again/I th' Eternal Caufe. 130 V. »ASK for what end the hea-unly Bodies shine? Earth for wbofe... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1772 - 376 pàgines
...abodes, i2^ Men would be Angels , Angels would be Gods. Afpiring to be Gods , if Angels 'cil ; Afpiring to be Angels , Men rebel ; And who but wishes to invert the laws Of ORDER, fins againft th' Eternal Caufe. 1jo V. Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine, Earth for whofe... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1772 - 374 pàgines
...abodcs, 125 JVlen would be Angels , Angela would be Gods. Afpiring to be Gods, if Angels foli; Afpiring to be Angels , Men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws Of OKDER, fins againft th' Eternal Caufe. i;* V. Ask for what end the hcav'nly bodies shine, Earth for... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pàgines
...bless'd abodes, 125 Men would be angels, angels would be gods, , Aspiring to be gods, if angelsfell, Aspiring to be angels men rebel ; And who but wishes...the laws Of Order sins against th' Eternal Cause. i5o V. Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine, Earth lor whose use ? Pride answers, " Tis for mise... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pàgines
...balance and the rod, Re-judge his justice, be the God of God. In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies....the laws Of Order, sins against th' Eternal Cause. 5. Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine? Earth for whose use ? Pride answers, " Tis for mine.... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 pàgines
...differently. Such an antithesis on the words men> angels, and gods, you have in the two following couplets : Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes ; MEN would...ANGELS fell ; — Aspiring to be ANGELS, || MEN rebel f * The like varied opposition in the words principles, means, and ends, may be observed in the two... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 pàgines
...differently. Such an antithesis on the words men, angels, and gods, you have in the two following couplets: Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes ; MEN would be ANGELS, || ANGELS would be coos. Aspiring to be GODS, || if ANGELS fell ; — Aspiring to be ANGELS, || MEN rebel f. The like... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pàgines
...in reas'ning Pride our error lies ;. All quit their sphere , and rush into the skies. Pride is still aiming at the blest abodes , Men would be Angels,...Men rebel : And -who but wishes to invert the laws Qf Order j sins against th' Eternal Cause.. Posz>. CHA P. XIII. On the Order of Nature. , thro' this... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pàgines
...balance and the rod, Rejudge his justice, be the god of God. In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes, 125 Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods if angels fell,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pàgines
...death. 1 John. a. To offend against right. I am a man More tinn'd against than sinning. Shakspeare. And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against th' eternal cause. Pope. SINCK. adv. [formed by contraction from sithcnce, orjitb thence, fiom p'Se, Sax.] weak; SIN I.... | |
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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 the laws Of Order, sins against th 
