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" Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape. "
The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... - Página 66
1821
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 páginas
...hangs between, in doubt to aet or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god or beast. Pope's Essay on Man. Superior beings when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admir'd sueh wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape. Pope's Essay on Man. A man so...
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The Works of Alexander Pope ...

Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 páginas
...Sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool ! Superior heings, when of late they saw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's...earthly shape, And shew'da NEWTON as we shew an Ape. Could he, whose rules the rapid Comet hind, Describe or fix one movement of his Mind? Who saw it's...
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Selections from the British Classics: Chaucer and Spenser ...

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 páginas
...heads to imitate the sun Go, teach eternal wisdom how to rule ; Then drop into thyself, and be a fool ! Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal Man...law, Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as wo show an ape. Could he, whose rules the rapid comet bind, Describe or fix one movement...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Critical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 páginas
...imitate the sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool ! so Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape. Could he, whose rules...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Critical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 páginas
...imitate the sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool ! so Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape. Could he, whose rules...
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Alexander Pope

Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - 164 páginas
...men point and wonder at a freak or a trained circus animal Superior beings, when of late they saw 31 A mortal Man unfold all Nature's law, Admir'd such...earthly shape, And shew'da NEWTON as we shew an Ape. The reality, the generality of Man, suggests Pope, is altogether of another kind. Aspiring to god-like...
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[The correspondence ] ; The correspondence of Charles ..., Volume 8;Volume 1860

Charles Darwin - 1993 - 836 páginas
...Letter of CL to Darwin'. It is printed in Wilson ed. 1970, pp. 382-3. 2 Pope 1733 -4, Epistle II: 31-4: Superior Beings, when of late they saw A mortal Man...unfold all Nature's Law, Admir'd such Wisdom in an earthy Shape. And show'da Newton as we show an Apt See letter to Charles Lyell, 27 and 28 April [I860],...
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[The correspondence ] ; The correspondence of Charles ..., Volume 8;Volume 1860

Charles Darwin - 1993 - 836 páginas
...of CL to Darwin'. It is printed in Wilson ed. 1970, pp. 382-3. 2 Pope 1 7 33 4, Epistle II: 3 1 -4: Superior Beings, when of late they saw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law, Adinir'd such Wisdom in an earthy Shape, And show'da Newton as we show an Ape See letter to Charles...
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The Extraterrestrial Life Debate 1750-1900: The Idea of a Plurality of ...

Michael J. Crowe - 1986 - 708 páginas
...sparrow fall, Atoms or system into ruin hurl'd And now a bubble burst, and now a world. (I, lines 87-90) Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an Ape. (II, lines 31-4) It is suggestive of the transformation that Western man was undergoing that whereas...
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The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History

Stephen Jay Gould - 1985 - 484 páginas
...from his Essay on Man (while praising Isaac Newton as a paragon of earthly wisdom at the same time): Superior beings, when of late they saw, A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape And show'da Newton as we show an ape. Pope only indulged in...
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