 Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors : Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search : Nor sees with how much art the windings...  The Fair Penitent: A Tragedy - Page 26by Nicholas Rowe - 1797 - 57 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 lehte
...and intricate, puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with err our understanding traces them in vain, Jost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search nor sees with how much art the winding; nor where the regular confusion ends. Mar. These are suggestions of a mind oh Portius! didst... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 lehte
...precepts. Par. Remember what our father oft has told us: the ways of heaven are dark and intricate, puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors, our understanding traces them in vain, Jost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search ; nor sees with how much art the windings run, nor where... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 lehte
...precepts. Por. Remember what our father oft has told us: the ways of heaven are dark and intricate, puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors, our understanding traces them in vain, 1ost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search; nor sees with how much art the windings run, nor where... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 354 lehte
...Distract my very soul. Our father's fortune Would almost tempt us to renounce his precepts. PORTIUS. ®ur understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd...windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends. MARCUS. These are suggestions of a mind at ease ; Oh Portius ! didst thou taste but half the griefs... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 540 lehte
...are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors : Our understanding traces 'em in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search...windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends. MARCUS. These are suggestions of a mind at ease : Oh Portius ! didst thou taste but half the griefs... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 638 lehte
...told us : The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors -r Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd...fruitless search ; Nor sees with how much art the windings run,Xor where the regular confusion ends. MARCUS. These are suggestions of a mind at ease ; Oh Portius... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 532 lehte
...and perplex'd with errors : Our understanding traces 'em in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the frukless search ; Nor sees with how much art the windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends. MARCUS. These are suggestions of a mind at ease : Oh Portius ! didst thou taste but half the griefs... | |
 | Thomas Dibdin - 1815 - 496 lehte
...precepts. Por. Remember what our father oft has told n» : The ways of heav'n are dark and intricate ; Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors, Our understanding...windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends. More. These are suggestions of a mind at ease:— Oh, Portius, didst thon taste but half the gnefe... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 lehte
...Puzzled in mazes and perplex'd with errors; Oar understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewiUer'd in the fruitless search ; Nor sees with how much art...windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends, [ease; Marc These are suggestions of a mind ai 0 Porlius, didst thou taste but h;ilf the griefs That... | |
 | John Brodhead Romeyn - 1816 - 458 lehte
...mysterious, and to us i neomprehensible. " Our iiiidLT.-irtiidiiig traces thcm in vain, Lost and hewilder'd in the Fruitless search ; Nor sees with how much art...the windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends4." Such knowledge is too wonderful for us ; it is high, we cannot attain it. Our duty is to exercise... | |
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