 | 1804 - 584 lehte
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1736 - 64 lehte
...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... | |
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 426 lehte
...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... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 lehte
...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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 lehte
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 174? - 64 lehte
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 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 lehte
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 lehte
...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... | |
 | 1806 - 408 lehte
...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... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 lehte
...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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Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. 
