 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pagina’s
...34 II. Presumptuous Man ! the reason wouldst thou Whyform'dso weak, so little, and so blind? [find First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less? Ask of thv mother Earth why oaks are made Taller and stronger than the weeds they shade ? 40 Or ask... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pagina’s
...all to agree, And drawn supports, upheld by God or thee? 2. Presumptuous man! the reason wouldst thou find, Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind...guess, Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less. Ask of thy mother earth, why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ? Or ask of... | |
 | David Simpson - 1803 - 446 pagina’s
...ask why man was not created an angel, a seraph, a God ? " Presumptuous Man ! the reason wouldst them find, " Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind?...guess> " Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less." " Can you say that THOMAS PAINE-)- has not brought " many very heavy charges against the writings both... | |
 | 1803 - 268 pagina’s
...Near nearer nearest, next Late later latest, last «« Presumptuous man ! the reason would'st thou find, Why form'd so weak so little and so blind ?...reason guess Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no leu ? Ask of thy mother earth, why oaks are made Toiler or stronger, than the weeds they shade ? Or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pagina’s
...II. Presumptuous Man ! the reason wouldst thoa Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind ? [find First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess, Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less ? Ask of thy mother Earth why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ! 40 Or ask... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pagina’s
...lines, as well as of many other passages in this Essay. 4. Presumptuous man ! the reason would'st thou find, Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind...reason guess, Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less.f VOLTAIRE, * Characteristics, vol. ii.pag. 188. edit. I2mo. — There is a close resemblance... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pagina’s
...agree, And drawn supports, upheld by God, or thee ? Presumptuous man ! the reason would' st thou findr Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind ? First, if thou canst, the harder reaspn guess, Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less ? Ask of thy mother earth, why oaks are made... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pagina’s
...2, Presumptuous man ! the reason vrouldst thou Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind ! [find, First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less ? Ask of thy mother-earth, why oaks are made Taller or stronger titan the weeds they shade ! Or ask... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pagina’s
...5. Presumptuous man ! the reason wouldst thou Why form' d so weak, so little, and so blind ! [find, First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less? Ask of thy mother-earth, why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade I Or ask of... | |
 | David Simpson - 1809 - 410 pagina’s
...ask why man was not created an angel, a seraph, a God? " Presumptuous man! the reason wouldst thou find, Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind...guess. Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less." * These and the like questions affect the very being of a God, and terminate only in atheism. — Why... | |
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Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind? First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess, Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less? 
