 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,...  An essay on man. Cornish ed - Page 32by Alexander Pope - 1798Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 254 pages
...: With too much knowledge for the Sccpti's sidc , "W ith too much weakness for the Stoic's pride , He hangs between ; in doubt to act , or rest ; In...; Alike in ignorance his reason such , Whether he think too little , or too much ; SUR L'HOMME. EPITRE DEUXIEME. I. Au lieu de sonder Dieu, descends... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 pages
...great : "With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, 5 With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt...prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err ; 10 Chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd or disabus'd : Created half... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...great ; With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt...his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...great; With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt...doubt his mind or body to prefer Born but to die, and reasoning but to err 36. E Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...great : With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, 5 With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast ; NOTES. Pourquoi suis-je en im jour si las de ses attraits? Tes pourquoi, dit le Dieu, ne finiraient... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...great : With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, 5 With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast ; NOTES. Pourquoi suis-je en un jour si las de ses attraits? Tes pourquoi, dit le Dieu, ne finiraient... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...great; With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god or bea^t In doubt his mind or body to prefer Born but to die, and reasoning but to err 36. K Alike in... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, inroad of darkness old, Satan alighted reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much... | |
 | Readers - 1824 - 348 pages
...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 doubt...God or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer : Eorn, but to die ; and reas'ning, but to err : Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 424 pages
...and, to this their principle, the latter word alludes, whose Virtue, as he says afterwards, is "fix'd He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast ; NOTES. " fix'd as in a frost, Contracted all, retiring to the breast : But strength of mind is EXERCISE... | |
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