And Reason now through number, time, and space, Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye, And learns, from facts compared, the laws to trace, Whose long progression leads to Deity. The Minstrel, Or, The Progress of Genius, with Some Other Poems - Seite 59von James Beattie - 1803 - 147 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1789 - 214 Seiten
...dark waste, where fiends and tempests howl; As Phoebus to the world, is Science to the soul. XLVII. " And Reason now through Number, Time, and Space, Darts...the keen lustre of her serious eye, And learns, from fafts compared, the laws to trace, Whose long progression leads to Deity. Can mortal strength presume... | |
| John Bell - 1789 - 416 Seiten
...dark waste, where fiends and tempests howl; As Phoebus to the world, is Science to the soul. XLVH. " And Reason now through Number, Time, and^ Space, Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye, j«'^' And learns, from fafts compared, the laws to trace, Whose long progression leads to Deity. Can... | |
| James Beattie - 1797 - 150 Seiten
...preparing It for intellectual exertion and delicate pleasure;— in exploring, by the help of geometry* XLVI. " And Reason now through Number, Time, and Space,...presume to soar so high ! " Can mortal sight, so oft bedim'd with tears, " Such glory bear ! — for lo, the shadows fly " From nature's face ; Confusion... | |
| James Beattie - 1802 - 152 Seiten
...waste, where fiends and tempests howl ; " As Phoebus to the world, is Science to the soul. XLVII. " And Reason now through Number, Time, and Space, "...presume to soar so high ! " Can mortal sight, so oft bedim'd with tears, " Such glory bear !....for lo, the shadows fly " From nature's face ; Confusion... | |
| 1802 - 302 Seiten
...tempests howl ; " As Phoebus to the world, is Science to the soul. XLVII. " And Reason now thiough Number, Time, and Space, " Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye, "And learns, from fafts compared, the laws to trace, " Whose long progression leads to Deity. " Can mortal strength presume... | |
| James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - 1805 - 190 Seiten
...fiends and tempests howl ; " As Phoebus to the world, is Science to the souk u And Reason now thro' Number, Time, and Space, " Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye, " And learns, from facts compar'd, the laws•to trace, ." Whose long progression leads to Deity. " Can mortal strength presume... | |
| John Aikin - 1806 - 346 Seiten
...excellent observations are deduced from her lessons. Philosophy next succeeds, accompanied by Science ; And Reason now through Number, Time, and Space, Darts...the keen lustre of her serious eye, And learns, from {acts compared, the laws to trace, Whose long progression leads to Deity. Can mortal strength presume... | |
| 1806 - 184 Seiten
...science ;—from this Stana to the end of the first Stanza, Page 31. '' And Reason now, thro' numher, time, and space, " Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye, " And learns, from facts compar'd, the laws to trace, " Whose long progression leads to Deity. " Can mortal strength presume... | |
| John Aikin - 1807 - 320 Seiten
...excellent observations are deduced from her lessons. Philosophy next succeeds, accompanied by Science : And Reason now through Number, Time, and Space, Darts...presume to soar so high ! Can mortal sight, so oft bedimm'd with tears, Such glory bear ! — for lo, the shadows fly From nature's face ; confusion disappears,... | |
| James Beattie, Thomas Gray - 1809 - 408 Seiten
...and moral and political science ;— from stanza 46 to stanza 56. • 47. *' And Reason now, tbro' number, time, and space, -' Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye, *' And learns, from facts compar'd, the laws to traee, 41 Whose long progression leads to Deity. " Can mortal strength presume... | |
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