Superior beings, when of late they faw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law, Admir'd fuch wifdom in an earthly fhape, And fhew'da NEWTON as we fhew an Ape. Could he, whofe rules the rapid Comet bind, 35 Defcribe or fix one movement of his Mind ? Who faw... A Letter to Mr. Mason: On the Marks of Imitation - Página 33de Richard Hurd - 1757 - 76 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Horace - 1766 - 288 páginas
...Man is the following, .•..'". .r..'. . .r.. T Superior Beings, when of late they faw .- .. t. .i. A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admir'd fuch wifdom in an earthly fliape, ^ And fhew'da NEWTON, as we fhew an ape. x Ep. ii. if 3 i. Can you doubt, from .the fingularity... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1772 - 376 páginas
...heads to imitate the Sun. Go, teach Eternal Wifdom how te rule Then drop into thyfclf, and be a fool! 3 Superior beings , when of late they faw ' • • A mortal Man unfold all Nature's law , AdmirM fuch wifdom in an earthly shape , And shew'da NEWTON as we shew an Ape. Could he, whole rules... | |
| Abraham Gotthelf Kästner - 1773 - 690 páginas
...ihape Such gloomy wit, ---- and laugh'd at Нл/ferV Ape. *• • (*) In Imitation of Pope's. Ouperior beings when of late they faw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law Admir'd fuch wifdom in ah earthly ihape And fliexr'da Ndvion as \vc fliew an Ape. Зоо rt f <£ínfo&uttaéfdjrífí ju... | |
| Thomas Warton - 1781 - 620 páginas
...Turberville's SONNETS '. He pub* Pope's lines are almolt too well-known to be tranfcribed. Superiour beings, when of late they faw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admir'd fuch wifdora in an earthy (hape, And fhew'da Newton as we fliew an Ape. ' B. vi. Signal. QJij. • B. vi.... | |
| Horace - 1776 - 282 páginas
...frill more remarkable, may be taken from Mr. Pope. One of the mod ftriking pafifages in the Effay e» Man is the following : Superior Beings, when of late...law, Admir'd fuch wifdom in an earthly fhape, And Ihew'da NEWTON, as we fhew an ape. Ep. ii. ver. 31. Can you doubt, from \htfingularity of this fentiment,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1776 - 52 páginas
...Go, teach Eternal Wifdom how to rule •"••* ,. Then drop into thyfelf, and be a fool f £!&• Superior beings, when of late they faw A mortal Man...law,. Admir'd fuch wifdom in an, earthly fhape^. And mew'da NEWTON as we fhew an Ape. Could he, whofe rules the rapid Comet 1 -in J, 35 Defcribe or fix... | |
| 1776 - 568 páginas
...of a MAN ! W. * On the following famous, tho aukward, encomium upen. Sir Ifaac Kcwton, by Mr. Pope. Superior Beings, when of late they faw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, Admir'd fuch wiidom in a human fliape, And fliew'da Newton, as we fliew an ape. Tbe Cave of Death. An Elegy. Infcribed... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 páginas
...imitate the Sun. Go, teach Eternal Wifdom how to rule—- Then, drop into thyfelf, and be a fool ! Superior beings, when of late they faw A mortal Man...unfold all Nature's Law, Admir'd fuch wifdom in an earttily lhape, And (hew'da NEWTON as we (hcw an Ape. Could he, whofe rules the rapid Comet bind, Deferibe... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 414 páginas
...to imitate the Sun. ' Go, teach Eternal Wifdom how to ruleThen drop into thyfelf, and be a fool ! 30 Superior beings, when of late they faw A mortal Man...an earthly fhape, And fhew'da Newton as we fhew an Ape. Could VARIATIONS. He fees, he feels, as you or I to be • An Angel thing we neither knew nor... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 392 páginas
...teach. Eternal Wifdom how to rule— » Then drop into thyfclf, and be a fool ! 30 Superior brings, when of late they faw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law, Arimir'd fuch jwifdom in an earthly fhupc, I And fhew'da Newton as we mew an Ape. Could i VARIATIONS.... | |
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