 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 Seiten
...of life. 1. KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Plac'd e liangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast ; In doubt his... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 Seiten
...every age of life, ver. 273, &c. • ' « EPISTLE IX. I. Know then thyself, presume not God to scan : The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this...his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; 1O Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 222 Seiten
...isthmus of a middle state. A being darkly wise and rudely great; With too much knowledge for the skeptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride;...doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 Seiten
...they imagine that they have either merited his censure, or deserved his applause. Adam Smitfi. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly...With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With loo much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest, In doubt to deem... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 Seiten
...state, and every age of life, ver. 273, te. EPISTLE II. 1. KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan ; aw Other ; 1л doubt to deem himself a god, or beast \ In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 Seiten
...clear, Whatever is, is right. POPE. 44. — SELF-KNOWLEDGE. KNOW thou thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is Man. Placed on this...God, or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Bom but to die, and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is Man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle stale, A being darkly wise, and rudely great; With too much...doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much;... | |
 | 1834 - 372 Seiten
...cough, and half groan, which emphatically bespoke the arduous nature of his day's duty. CHAPTER XXII. " With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With...doubt to act or rest, In doubt to deem himself a god orjbeast." POPE. THE tortoise pace at which Rustum proceeded, accorded well with Alraschid's present... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 Seiten
...state and every age of life, v. 273, &c. EPISTLE II. I. KNOW then thyself; presume not God to scan ; The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this...being darkly wise and rudely great ; With too much knowlege for the sceptic side, 5 With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 Seiten
...presume not God to scan • The proper studv of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle stato, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much...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 too little or too much... | |
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Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great ; With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act or rest... 
