 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 Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and...  Moral essays - Seite 40von Alexander Pope - 1751Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 Seiten
...or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much : Chaos of thought and passion, all confused ; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 72 Seiten
...or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused ; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall;... | |
 | Gerald A. Arbuckle - 1988 - 214 Seiten
...limitations of the person : Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such. Whether he thinks too little, or too much; Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd. . . . Great Lord of all things, yet a prey to all Sole judge of Truth, in endless... | |
 | W. E. Butler - 1990 - 196 Seiten
...mind or body to prefer; 65 Bom to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall;... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such season due: For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime 26 Alas! passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise and half to fall;... | |
 | Stephen Toulmin, Stephen Edelston Toulmin - 1992 - 244 Seiten
...or body to prefer, Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much: Chaos of thought and passion all confused; . . . Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle... | |
 | Joseph Carroll - 1995 - 1096 Seiten
...or Body to prefer, Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much; Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall;... | |
 | Colin Nicholson - 1994 - 252 Seiten
...Alexander Pope's 'Opus Magnum', 1729-1744 (Oxford, 1977), p. 38. Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much: Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall;... | |
 | Martha Woodmansee, Peter Jaszi - 1994 - 482 Seiten
...II of Essay on Man: Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much: Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall;... | |
 | Dennis Todd - 1995 - 364 Seiten
...or Body to prefer, Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much: Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abused, or disabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall;... | |
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