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" Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. "
The Grammatical Instructer; Containing an Exposition of All the Essential ... - Page 133
by Samuel B. EMMONS - 1832 - 160 pages
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Mercure françias, Issue 186

1804 - 584 pages
...No pow'rs of body , or of soûl to share , But what liis nature and liis slate <:mi bear. \Vliy bas not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason , man is not a lly. Say what thé use, were fincr optics giv'n , T" inspect a mite, not comprehend thé heav'n? Or...
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An essay on man [by A. Pope]. With some humourous verses on the death of ...

Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1736 - 64 pages
...Lleffing find) Is not to think, or aft, beyond Mankind ; . . No No Powr's of Body or of Soul to fhare, But what his Nature and his State can bear. Why has not Man a microfcopic Sight ? 185 For this plain Realon, Man is not a Mite : Say what th' Advantage of fo fine...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - Poets, English - 1745 - 426 pages
...that Bleffing find) Is, not to think, or act beyond Mankind ; Np Pow'rs of Body, or of Soul to fhare, But what his Nature, and his State can bear. Why has not Man a microfcopick Sight ? For this plain Reafon, Man is not a Mite : Say, Say, what th' Advantage of fo...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 75-76

John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...bliss of Man (could Pride that blessing find) Is not to act or think beyond Mankind ; 190 No pow'rs of body or of soul to share But what his nature and...microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. Sny for what use were finer optics giv'n, 195 T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the hear'n ? Or touch,...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 pages
...man (could pride that blessing find) Is not to act or think beyond mankind; No pow'rs of body or cf soul to share, But what his nature and his state can...is not a fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, To inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? i " Young Ammon," Alexander the Great, who pretended...
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An essay on man. Cornish ed

Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...The bliss of man (could pride that blessing find) Is not to act or think beyond mankind; No pow'rs of body or of soul to share, But what his nature and...is not a fly. Say, what the use, were finer optics giv'n? • T inspect a mite! not comprehend the heav'n. Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...bliss of Man (could Pride that blessing find,) Is not to act or think beyond Mankind ; 190 No pow'rs of body or of soul to share, But what his Nature and...Man is not a fly. Say what the use were finer optics giv'n, 195 T'inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, Tolsmart...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...The bliss of Man (could Pride that blessing find) Is not to act or think beyond mankind} No pow'rs of body or of soul to share, But what his nature and...is not a fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly-alive all o'er, To smart...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...lapsed condition of man, the chief foundation of the Christian revelation, it is difficult to say. 11. Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. Say, * Hume's Essays, quarto, pag, 106. t Ver. 171. Say, what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T' inspect...
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