 All nature is but art unknown to thee; All chance, direction which thou can'st not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good. Heav'n's choice is safer than our own . Of ages past inquire, What the most formidable fate;...  Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar - Page 97by Lindley Murray - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1736 - 64 pages
...difpofing Pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal Hour. 280 All Nature is but Art, unknown to thee ; All Chance, Direction which thou canft not fee : All Difcord,...not underftood ; All partial Evil, univerfal Good : And fpite of Pride, in erring Reafon's fpight, ±85 One Truth is clear, " Whatever Is, is Right."... | |
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - Poets, English - 1745 - 426 pages
...difpofing Pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal Hour : All Nature is but Art, unknown to thee ; All Chance, Direction which thou canft not fee ; All Difcord,...not underftood ; All partial Evil, univerfal Good : And fpight of Pride, in erring Reafon'sSpight, One Truth is clear ; " Whatever is, is right." And... | |
 | sir Thomas Browne - 1754 - 420 pages
...feftion, with refpeift to the ways of God. All nature is but art, unknown to thee ; All chance, direftion which thou canft not fee ; All difcord, harmony not underftood ; All partial evil, univerfal good : And fpite of pride, in erring reafon's fpite, One truth is clear ; " Whatever Is, is "RIGHT." Page... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 238 pages
...one difpofing Pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour. All Nature is but Art, unknown to thee; All Chance, Direction, which thou canft not fee ; All Difcord, Harmony not underftood; 291 All partial Evil, univerfal Good: And, fpite of Pride, in erring Reafon's fpitc, One truth is clear,... | |
 | John Holmes - Elocution - 1755 - 204 pages
...in Mr. Pope's Eflay on Man — Ep. i. All Nature is but Art, unknown to thee ; All Chance, DireHion which thou canft not fee : All Difcord, Harmony not underftood ; All Partial Evil, Univerfal Good: And Spite of Pride, in erring Reafon's Spite, One Truth is clear, " Whatever Is, is right." XVI. ENANTIOSIS,... | |
 | Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...Or in the natal, or the mortal hour. All Nature is but Art, unknown to thee ; All Chance, Direftion, which thou canft not fee ; All Difcord, Harmony, not underftood ; All partial Evil, univerfal Good'.: And, fpite of Pride, in erring Reafon's fpite, One truth is clear, Whatevtr it, is right, that the... | |
 | John Newbery - English poetry - 1762 - 292 pages
...Or in the natal, or the mortal hour. All Nature is but Art, unknown to thee ; All Chance, Direftion, which thou canft not fee ; All Difcord, Harmony, not underftood ; All partial Evil, univerfal Good : And, fpite of Pride, in erring Reafon's fpitt, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right. In his... | |
 | William Dodd - English essays - 1764 - 330 pages
...difpofing pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour. All nature is but art, unknown to thee ; All chance direction, which thou can'ft not fee: All difcord,...not underftood ; All partial evil, univerfal good ; H 3 And And fpight of pride, in erring reafon's fpite, One truth is clear ; whatever is,- is right."... | |
 | Thomas Gibbons - English language - 1767 - 540 pages
...regular confulion ends f, . May we not alfo afcribe to this Figure the following verfes of Me POPE ? All nature is but art, unknown to thee ; AH chance, direction, which thou canft not feej All difcord, harmony not underftood j All partial evil, univerfal good : And, fpite of pride,... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - Criticism - 1777 - 348 pages
...experiment in the following admirable lines of Mr. Pope : All nature is but art unknown to thee; All chance, direction which thou can'ft not fee. All difcord,...not underftood ; All partial evil, univerfal good. In this paflage, the fame objects prefent us, in one view, with the idea of nature, in another of art... | |
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