| Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...eye ? For this plain reafem, Man is not a Fly. Say what the ufe, were finer opties giv'n, T' infpect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To (mart and agonize at ev'ry pore ? Or quick effluvia darting thro' the brain, Die of a rofe in aromatic... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 pages
...Say Say what the life, were finer optics giv'n, T* infpeft a mite, not comprehend the hcav'n ? The touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To fmart and agonize at ev'ry pore ? 190 Or quick effluvia darting thro' the brain, Die of a rofe in aromatic pain ? If nature thunder'd... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 392 pages
...darting through the brain, Die of a rofe in aromatic pain f aoo. If nature thunder'd in his opening ears, And ftunn'd him with the mufic of the fpheres, How would he wifh that Heaven had left him ftill The whifpering Zephyr, and the purling rill i Who finds not Providence... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 pages
...eye ? For this plain reafon, man is not a fly. Say what the ufe, were finer optics giv'n, T' infpect a mite, not comprehend the heav*n ? Or touch, if tremblingly...alive all o'er To fmart and agonize at ev'ry pore ? f f * If by the help of fuch microfcopical eyes, if I may fo call them, a man could penetrate farther... | |
| Henry Fielding - 1783 - 372 pages
...Greece. Say what the ufe, were finer optics given ? T* infpect a mite, not comprehend the heaven I The touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, ' To fmart and...thunder'd in his op'ning ears, And ftunn'd him with the mufick of the fpheres, How would he wifh that heav'n had left him ftill The whifp'ring Zephir, and... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1783 - 322 pages
...not a Fly. Say what the ufe, were finer optics giv'n, T'' infpecVa mite, not comprehend the htav'nf Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To fmart...and agonize at ev'ry pore? Or quick effluvia darting through the brain. Die of a rofe in aromatic pain ? If Nature thunder'd in his op'ning ears, And ftunn'd... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 pages
...plain reafon, Man is not a Fly. :„ • Say what the ufe, were finer optics giv'n, 195 T* infpeft a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To fmart and agonize at every pore ? Or quick effluvia darting thro' the brain, Die of a rofe in aromatic pain ? 200 If nature... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 398 pages
...darting through the brain, Die of a rofe in aromatic pain ? 2OO If nature thunder'd in his opening ears, And ftunn'd him with the mufic of the fpheres, How would he wifh. that Heaven had left him ftill The whifpering Zephyr, and the purling rill ! Who finds not Providence... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...not a Fly. iay what the ufc, were finer optics giv'n r'infpeft a mire, not comprehend the heav'n : )r touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To fmart and agonize at ev'ry pore ? )r quick effluvia darting thro' the brain, )ie of a rcfe in aromatic pain ' f nature thunder'd in... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...not a Fly. Say what the ufc, were finer optics given, T' infpecr. a mite, not comprehend the heaven ? ds of deep afunder, And roufe him, like a rattling peal of thund every pore ? Or, quick effluvia darting thro' the brain, Die of a rofc in aromatic pain > If nature... | |
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