| Joseph Warton - 2004 - 440 Seiten
...pa/fion, all confusM ; Still by himfelf abus'd, or difabus'd ; Created half to rife, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole...truth, in endlefs error hurl'd : The glory, jeft and riddls of the world f ! IT was remarked long ago in the Adventurer £, that thefe reflexions were minutely... | |
| David Semple - 2005 - 988 Seiten
...and passion, all confused Still by himself abuse, or disabuse Created half to rise, and half to fall Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled The glory, jest, and riddle of the world Go. wondrous creature! Mount where Science... | |
| Mary Midgley - 2005 - 430 Seiten
...body to prefer, Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ... Created half to rise, and half to fall, Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all, Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled, The glory, jest and riddle of the world: (Essay on Man, Epistle 2, 3-1 8) What... | |
| Cambridge International Examinations - 2005 - 272 Seiten
...passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise and half to fall, Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! scan) measure, contemplate isthmus]... | |
| George Douglas Atkins - 2005 - 196 Seiten
...Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! (2.1— 18)'° The contrast and balance... | |
| William David Shaw, Professor W David Shaw - 2005 - 316 Seiten
...Milton's Adam and Eve on just such a horse and thinks it wisdom. Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! An £M«V on Man, 2.15-18 As a sophist... | |
| John Sandys-Wunsch - 2005 - 402 Seiten
...Passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! 2. A note about words and reality The... | |
| Allan C. Hutchinson - 2005 - 314 Seiten
...much about humanity's limits as reality's recalcitrance: "Created half to rise, and half to fall,/ Great Lord of all things, yet a prey to all;/ Sole judge of Truth, in endless error hurl'd;/ The glory, jest and riddle of the world."4' Any study that takes the idea and... | |
| Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 Seiten
...passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world! Go, wondrous creature! mount where Science... | |
| Helen Vendler - 2006 - 166 Seiten
...Passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! [II, 3-18] There is a magnificence... | |
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