 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 lehte
...presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, . A being darkly wise, and rudely great : 'With too...side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He liangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast ; In doubt his... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 lehte
...presume not God to scan : The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much...prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; 1O Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much: Chaos of thought... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 222 lehte
...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;...prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much : Chaos of thought and... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 lehte
...merited his censure, or deserved his applause. Adam Smitfi. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great; 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... | |
 | Mme. Charlotte Fiske (Bates) Rogé - 1832 - 1022 lehte
...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...prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much; Chaos of thought and... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 lehte
...presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is Man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great ; With too much...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... | |
 | Samuel B. Emmons - 1832 - 168 lehte
...of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic's side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride,...doubt his mind or body to prefer, Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much:... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1832 - 86 lehte
...of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic's side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between : in doubt to act or rest ; In doubts to deem himself a god or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer, Born but to die, and reas'oing... | |
 | 1834 - 372 lehte
...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 - 1836 - 502 lehte
...God to acau} The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A heing u m m mVD s t tVt uXtYtZt)6 pY< F l'or the Stoie's pride, IIe hangs hetween ; in douht to act, or rest ; In douht to deem himself a god,... | |
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KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. 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,... 
