 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pagini
...Man alone ? Shall he alone, whom rational we call, Be pleas'd with nothing, if not bless'd with all ? The bliss of Man (could Pride that blessing find) Is not to act or think beyond Mankind ; 190 No pow'rs of body or of soul to share But what his nature and his state can bear. Why has not... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pagini
...man alone ? Shall he alone, whom rational we call, Be pleas'd with nothing, if not bless'd with all? The bliss of man (could pride that blessing find) Is not to act or think beyond mankind; No pow'rs of body or of soul to share, But what his nature and his state can bear. Why has not man... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pagini
...Man alone ? Shall he alone, whom rational we caty, Be pleas'd with nothing, if not bless'd with all ? The bliss of Man (could Pride that blessing find,) Is not to act or think beyond Mankind ; 190 No pow'rs of body or of soul to share, But what his Nature and his state can bear. Why has not... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pagini
...Man alone? Shall he alone, whom rational we call, Be pleas'd with nothing, if -not blest with all? The bliss of Man (could Pride that blessing find) Is not to act or think beyond mankind} No pow'rs of body or of soul to share, But what his nature and his state can bear. Why has not Man... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1807 - 424 pagini
...the levity of the boy, as the flight of the eagle is from the fluttering of a sparrow in the air. As all unseasonable returns to the levity of youth ought...pleasure, to which the young are unhappily prone. From these we cannot too soon retreat. They open the path to ruin, in every period of our days. As... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 178 pagini
...endless Infamy. As in riper Years all unseasonable Returns to the Levity of Youth ought to be avoided an Admonition which equally belongs to both the Sexes...blessing find • Is not to act or think beyond mankind Or why to long in life if long .an be Lent Heav'na parent to the poor and m«. CHAP, VI. Promiscuous... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 542 pagini
...endless infamy. As, in riper years, all unseasonable returns to the levity of youth ought to be avoided, (an admonition which equally belongs to both the sexes,)...intemperate indulgences of pleasure, to which the youag are unhappily prone. • The bliss of man, (could pride tkat blessing find,) Is not to act or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pagini
...man alone ? Shall he alone, whom rational we call, Be pleas'd with nothing, if not bless'd with all ? The bliss of man (could pride that blessing find) Is not to act or think beyond mankind ; No powers of body or of soul to share, But what his nature and his state can bear. Why has not man... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pagini
...man alone ? Shall he alone, whom rational we call, Be pleas'd with nothing, if not bless'd with all? The bliss of man (could pride that blessing find) Is not to act or think beyond mankind ; No powers of body or of soul to share, But what his nature and his state can bear. Why has not man... | |
 | John Black - 1810 - 460 pagini
...Increase our sensibilities, continue the same objects and situation, and no man could bear to live." The bliss of man, (could pride that blessing find) Is not to act, or think beyond mankind ; No powers- of body, or of soul to share, But what his nature, and his state can bear . . . Say what... | |
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No powers of body or of soul to share, But what his nature and his state can bear. Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. Say what the use were finer optics given, T... 
