 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pàgines
...imitate the Sun. Go teach Eternal Wisdom how to ruler-- Then drop jntp thyself, and be a fool I J5$ Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, Admir'd such wisdom hi an earthly shape, And shon'da Newton as we shew an ape. Could he, whose rules the rapid comet bind,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pàgines
...to rule: — • Then drpp into thyself, and be a foul ! 30 Superior beings, when of late they PAW A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we shew an ape. Could he, whose rules the rapid comet bind, Describe or fix one movement... | |
 | Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1811 - 374 pàgines
...may be taken from Mr. Pope. One of the most striking passages in the Essay on Man is the following, Superior Beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...earthly shape, And shew'da NEWTON, as we shew an ape. Ep. ii. v. 31. Can you doubt, from the singularity of this sentiment, that the great poet had his eye... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1811 - 380 pàgines
...of the ' iT -.',',. ,5"X * ,1* - ,- ->'most striking passages in the Essay on Man is the followingy Superior Beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...unfold all nature's law, Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly-shape, And shew'da NEWTON, as we shew an ape. Can you doubt, from the singularity of this sentiment,... | |
 | William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - 1811 - 446 pàgines
...Pope, then confirms and illustrates this reasoning by one, of the greatest examples that ever was : Superior Beings, when of late they saw A mortal Man unfold all nature's law, Adrnir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da NEM^TON, as we shew an ape. In these lines he... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 pàgines
...Mr. Pope then confirms and illustrates this reasoning by one of the greatest examples that ever was : Superior Beings, when of late they saw A mortal Man unfold all nature's law, Adrnir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da NEWTON, as we shew an ape. In these lines he... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 454 pàgines
...that ever was : Superior Beings, when of late they saw A mortal Man unfold all nature's law, Adrnir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da NEWTON, as we shew an ape. In these lines he speaks to this effect — " But to make " you fully sensible of the difficulty of... | |
 | 1812 - 656 pàgines
...vi. p. 400. t Superior beings, when of late they suw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Adiuir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape! Pors. • Polemic glutton, whose insatiate soul Folios of Fathers gormandizes whole ; And, to relax... | |
 | 1812 - 654 pàgines
...little School-boy's Guide ! * Originally published in 1791. t See Poetical Register, Vol. vi. p. 400. f Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Adniir'il such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape ! Pars, cc 2 * Polemic... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pàgines
...imitate the sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool ! 30 Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, As wisely sure a modest ape might aim To be like man, whose faculties and frame He sees, he feels,... | |
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Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape. 
