 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 360 Seiten
...philosophy; and to this end a passage may be quoted with advantage from Pope's Essay on Man:— ' Placed in this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise,...and rudely 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 Seiten
...Of life. I. KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is Man. Placed e mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to en- ; Alike in ignorance, his reason... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 854 Seiten
...there are some busy in cutting the isthTTifis, to let in both at once upon it. StiUittgJlect. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great. Pops. An ISTHMUS is a narrow nock which joins two continents, or separates two seas. See PENINSULA.... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 Seiten
...every age of life. I. KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. $4 .' & &e r's'2 ' ' ' ' ' $ mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance, his reason... | |
 | Johann Georg Hamann - 1842 - 432 Seiten
...Alex.Pope. Epistle II: Know then thyself, presume not to God to scan, The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A Being darkly wise, and rudely great .... Go, wond'rous creature! mount where Science guides, Go , measure earth, weigh air, and state the... | |
 | Johann Georg Hamann - 1842 - 438 Seiten
...Pope. Epistle II: Know tben thyself, presume not to God to scan, The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A Being darkly wise, and ruJely great .... Go, wond'rous creature! mount where Science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 Seiten
...age of life. L KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Plsc'd the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves...murmuring waters fall Down the slope hills, dispers'd, mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance, his reason... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 Seiten
...life. f I. KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan, V The proper study of mankind is man. — — e, to raise his aim, To touch the finer movements of the mind, And with the moral beauty Ho hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast ; In doubt his... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1843 - 50 Seiten
...263, &c. I. 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 richly great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, 5 With to much weakness for the Stoic's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1844 - 94 Seiten
...263, &c. f I. 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...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... | |
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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, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god, or... 
