 | 1873 - 794 Seiten
...believe women are different, and see much more than we do in a little space." " ' Why has not roan a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly,' nor a woman," mocked Kitty. "Have you read his other books ? " " Yes." " Are n't they delightful ?... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1858 - 516 Seiten
...with all? This bliss of man, (could pride the blessing find,) Is not to act or think beyond mankind; No powers of body or of soul to share, But what his...a fly. Say, what the use, were finer optics given, To inspect a mite, not comprehend the heaven? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To smart and... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1859 - 226 Seiten
...Personificat. The bliss of man (could Pride b that blessing find} ]8 not to act or think beyond mankind; No powers of body or of soul to share, But what his...microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a riy Say what the use, were finer optics given, T' Inspect a mite, not comprehend the Heaven ? Or touch,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 Seiten
...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...a fly. Say what the use, were finer optics given, To inspect a mite, not comprehend the heaven ? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To smart and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 Seiten
...think beyond tiiankind; IDC No powers of body or of soul to chare, But what his nature and his stale can bear. Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For...a fly. Say what the use, were finer optics given, To inspect a mite, not comprehend the heaven 7 Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To smart and... | |
 | Verlyn Klinkenborg, Herbert Cahoon, Pierpont Morgan Library - 1981 - 274 Seiten
...nor think beyond Mankind;/ No self-confounding Faculties to share-/ No Senses stronger than his brain can bear./ Why has not Man a microscopic Eye?/ For this plain reason, Man is not a Fly:/ What the advantage, if his finer eyes/ Study a Mite, not comprehend the Skies?/ His Touch, if tremblingly... | |
 | Stephen Edelston Toulmin, Stephen Toulmin, June Goodfield - 1982 - 422 Seiten
...the world, Providence would surely have equipped him with sense-organs of higher discrimination — Why has not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain...is not a Fly. Say, what the use, were finer Optics giv'n To inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n? The hardest thing of all was to keep the products... | |
 | Alan L. Mackay - 1991 - 312 Seiten
...same Laws which first herself ordained. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 1971, Autumn, p 105 101 Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. t» Essay on Man I, 193 102 Atoms or systems into ruins hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a World.... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...68 But all subsists by elemental strife; And Passions are the elements of Life. (Fr. Epistle I) 69 Why has not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, Man is not a Fly. (Fr. Epistle I) 70 Die of a rose in aromatic pain? (Fr. Epistle I) 71 The spider's touch, how exquisitely... | |
 | Ann Jessie van Sant - 2004 - 168 Seiten
...feeling. These writers use an image and deal with a theme that Pope made familiar in The Essay on Man: Why has not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain...is not a Fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n T'inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To smart... | |
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Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. 
