Must I plunge into metaphysics? Alas, I cannot see in the dark; nature has not furnished me with the optics of a cat. Must I pore upon mathematics? Alas, I cannot see in too much light; I am no eagle. It is very possible... The Works of Thomas Gray: Letters - Seite 4von Thomas Gray - 1884 - 4 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1775 - 664 Seiten
...Muft I pore upon mathematics? Alas, 1 cannot fee in too much light; I am no eagle. It is very poiT.blc that two and two make four, but I would not give four farthing* to demonlirate this ever fo clearly ; and if thefe be the profits of life, give me the amufements... | |
| Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1794 - 492 Seiten
...pore upon mathematics? Alas ¿< , I cannot fee in too much light; I am no eagle. It is ver? poffible that two and two make four, but I would not give four farthings to demoiiftrate this ever fo dearlyj and if thefe be the profits of live, give me the amufeinents of it.... | |
| John Blair Linn - 1802 - 196 Seiten
...in a letter to his friend are contained the following sentences, " Must I plunge into metaphysics? Alas! I cannot see in the dark; Nature has* not furnished...farthings to demonstrate this ever so clearly; and if these be the profits of life, give me the amusements of it." Perhaps the three modern writers who possessed... | |
| John Blair Linn - 1804 - 192 Seiten
...in a letter to his friend are contained the following sentences, " Musi I plunge into metaphysics ? Alas ! I cannot see in the dark ; Nature has not furnished me with the optics of a cat. Mast I pore upon mathematics ? Alas ! I cannot see in too much light ; I am no eagle. It is very possible... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 Seiten
...think) love them the better for it; and, indeed, what can I do else? Must I plunge into metaphysics? Alas! I cannot see in the dark; nature has not furnished...is very possible that two and two make four, but! would not give four farthings to demonstrate ever so clearly; and if these be the profits of life,... | |
| Elegant epistles - 1812 - 320 Seiten
...think) love them the better for it ; and indeed, what can I do else ? Must I plunge into metaphysics ? Alas! I cannot see in the dark; nature has not furnished...farthings to demonstrate this ever so clearly ; and if these be the profits of life, give me the amusements of it. The people I behold all around me, it seems,... | |
| Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 618 Seiten
...think) love them the better for it ; and indeed, what can I do else? Must I plunge into metaphysics? Alas, I cannot see in the dark ; nature has not furnished me with the optics ' f of a cat. Must I pore upon mathematics?* Alas, I cannot * The Reader must consider the spirit of... | |
| John Evans - 1817 - 610 Seiten
...who was at Oxford — " Must I plunge into Metaphysics? Alas! I cannot see in the dark; nature hath not furnished me with the optics of a cat. Must I pore upon Mathematics? Alas! I am no eagle; I cannot see in too much light!" Indeed, though Gray is said to have been one of the most... | |
| 1821 - 394 Seiten
...think) love them the better for it ; and, indeed, what can I do else ? Must I plunge into metaphysics ? Alas ! I cannot see in the dark ; nature has not furnished...farthings to demonstrate this ever so clearly ; and if these be the profits of life, give me the amusements of it. The people I behold all around me, it seems,... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 Seiten
...think) love them the better for it; and, indeed, what can I do else? Must I plunge into metaphysics ? Alas! I cannot see in the dark ; nature has not furnished...farthings to demonstrate this ever so clearly ; and if these be the profits of life, give me the amusements of it. The people I behold all around me, it seems,... | |
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