 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 254 pages
...blâmé ; Dégradé par son corps , ennobli par son âme . Chaos of Thought and Passion , all confus1 d ; Still by himself abus'd , or disabus'd ; Created half...Sole judge of truth , in endless error hurl'd : The glory , jest , and riddle of the world ! Go, wond'rous creature '.mount where Science guides, Go ,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 pages
...God, or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err ; 10 Chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd ; Still...disabus'd : Created half to rise, and half to fall ; 15' Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd, The... | |
 | Nicolas Boileau Despréaux - 1821 - 602 pages
...passion, all confus'd; Still by hîmscl abus'd , or disabus'd : Created half to rise, and half to l'all; Great lord of all things , yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth , in cndless error Imrl'd : The glory, jest , and riddlc of the world. Il condamne au matin ses sentiments... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...Mind or Body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to eir ; 10 Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much :...disabus'd ; Created half to rise, and half to fall ; 15 Great Lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd : The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...Mind or Body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; 10 Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much :...disabus'd ; Created half to rise, and half to fall ; 15 Great Lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd : The... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...mind or body to prefer Born but to die, and reasoning but to err 36. K Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much : Chaos of thought and passion, all confused ; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 650 pages
...should suspend the force of gravitation till he is gone by, in order to his deliverance ! — WOLLASTON. Chaos of thought and passion all confus'd, Still by...Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. — POPE. \Vhat a chimera then is man ! wbat a confused chaos!... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 686 pages
...deliverance ? WoLLASToN. Chaos of thought and passion all confused, Still by himself abused, or disabused ; Created half to rise, and half to fall ; Great lord...Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. PoPE. What a chimera then is man ! what a confused chaos ! what... | |
 | John Hawkesworth - English essays - 1823 - 302 pages
...deliverance?" WOLLASTON. Chaos of thought and passion all confused, Still by himself abused, or disabused ; Created half to rise, and half to fall ; Great lord...Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. POPE. " What a chimera then is man ! what a confused chaos !... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason infant blood, to dance With Lapland witches, while the lab'ring moon Ecli glory, jest, and riddle of the world! [guides, Go, wondrous creature! mount where science Go, measure... | |
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With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer; Born but to die, and... 
