 | John Lord - 1852 - 360 Seiten
...or beast ; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much ; He is a chaos of thought and passion all confused, Still by...prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world." A late popular writer, (Paschal, quoted by Dr. Bushnell,... | |
 | 1852 - 874 Seiten
...or too much : Chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd ; Philistean Dalilah, and wak'd Shorn of his strength,...virtue : silent, and in face Confounded, long they work) ! Go, wondrous creature! mount where Science guides, Go, measure Earth, weigh air, and state... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 336 Seiten
...Passion, all confused ; Still by himself abused or disabused ; Created half to rise, and half to fall; 15 Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole...error hurl'd : The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!2 Go, wondrous creature ! mount where Science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 342 Seiten
...Passion, all confused ; Still by himself abused or disabused ; Created half to rise, and half to fall; 15 Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole...error hurl'd : The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!3 Go, wondrous creature ! mount where Science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 Seiten
...god, or beast ; In doubt 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...hurl'd : The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! l 1 ' Glory, jest, and riddle of the world : ' Pascal in his ' Pensees ' has a thought almost identical... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 Seiten
...god, or beast ; In doubt 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...hurl'd : The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! l 1 ' Glory, jest, and riddle of the world : ' Pascal in his ' Pensees ' has a thought almost identical... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 Seiten
...confusM, Still by himself abus'd or disabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall ; Great lord^>f all things, yet a prey to all: Sole judge of truth,...world ! Go, wondrous creature! mount where science Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides j Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct... | |
 | Horace Binney Wallace - 1856 - 468 Seiten
...majestic wisdom— as his description of the state of man : < Born but to die, and reasoning but to err : Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole...error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world !' Think of these words amid the din of worldly business ; think of them in the ardor of studious toil... | |
 | Henry Hegart Breen - 1857 - 336 Seiten
...been bestowed on Pope, but which is copied nearly verbatim from Pascal. The lines in Pope are : — " Chaos of thought and passion all confused, Still by...hurl'd, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world." The passage in Pascal is as follows : — • " Quelle chimere est-ce done que 1'homme ! quelle nouveaute,... | |
 | Henry Hegart Breen - 1857 - 342 Seiten
...been bestowed on Pope, but which is copied nearly verbatim from Pascal. The lines in Pope are : — " Chaos of thought and passion all confused, Still by...prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurPd, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world." The passage in Pascal is as follows : — " Quelle... | |
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Created half to rise, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world... 
