 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 yonder argent fields above, Why JOVE'S Satellites are less than JOVE?  Essai sur l'homme - Pagina 4door Alexander Pope - 1850 - 82 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pagina’s
...drawn supports, upheld by God, or thee ? [find II. Presumptuous man! the reason wouldst thou Why fbrm'd so weak, so little, and so blind ? First, if thou...made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ? 40 Or ask of yonder argent fields above, Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove? Of systems possible,... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 498 pagina’s
...that. God the Father is an unembodied spirit. (a) " Presumptuous man ! the reason would'st thou find, Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind ? First,...blinder, and no less ! Ask, of thy mother earth, why oaks were made Taller and stronger than the weeds they shade ? Or ask, of yonder argent fields above, Why... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pagina’s
...? 2. 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 ? Or ask of yonder argent... | |
 | David Simpson - 1825 - 398 pagina’s
...why roan was not created an angel, a seraph, a God? "Presumptuous Man! the reason wouklst thou find, Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind? First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess, Why formed no weaker, blinder, and no less." Can you say that Thomas Painef has not brought manyvery heavy... | |
 | James Boaden - 1825 - 646 pagina’s
...pronounced ; because in a metrical work the metre must be observed. These lines are in Pope's Essay on Man : 'Ask of thy mother earth, why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ? Or ask of yonder argent fields above, Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove.' » "The word satellites... | |
 | William Grisenthwaite - 1825 - 314 pagina’s
...proposes. " The reason would they find " Why form'd so weak, so little and so blind? " First, if they can, the harder reason guess, " Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less?" Or, having concluded on the " sufficient reason" of thi* earth, and its ceconomy; and absolutely determined,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pagina’s
...little, and so hlind ? First, if thou caust, the harder reasou guess, Why form'd no weaker, hlinder, ove, my liJ'e, strouger than the weeds they shade ? 40 Or ask of youder argent fields ahove, Why Jove's satellites... | |
 | 1827 - 290 pagina’s
...MAN. PRESUMPTUOUS man ! the reason wouldst thou find, Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind J First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess, Why...made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ? ' . . * * * * * If to be perfect in a certain sphere, What matter soon or late, or here or there... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 pagina’s
...agree, And drawn supports, upheld by God or thee 1 II, Presumptuous man ! the reason wouldst thou find, Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind? First,...made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ? -40 _ Or ask of yonder argent fields above. Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove ? Of systems... | |
 | 1828 - 394 pagina’s
...brickbats, earth, and stones. LESSON XXIII. Sphere of Man. PRESUMPTUOUS man ! the reason would'st thou find, Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind ? First,...made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ? Or ask of yonder argent fields above, Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove ? Of systems possible,... | |
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