 | 1821 - 712 páginas
...honour his name by following such reasoning as Newton's, inferior as lie was to infinite beings : " Superior Beings, when of late they saw, A mortal man...earthly shape. And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape." It is cl (limit tu write on such a subject ; but still we are certainly more warranted in concluding... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1772 - 376 páginas
...beings , when of late they faw ' • • A mortal Man unfold all Nature's law , AdmirM fuch wifdom in an earthly shape , And shew'da NEWTON as we shew an Ape. Could he, whole rules the rapid Comet bind, j JDefcribe or fix one movement of his Mind ? Who faw its fires here... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 páginas
...imitate the sun. Go, teach eternal Wisdom how to rulB'-- Then drop into thyself, and be a fool! 30 Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal Man...an ape. Could he, whose rules the rapid comet bind, 3$ Describe or fix one movement of his mind? Who saw its fires here rise, and there descend, Explain... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 páginas
...heads to imitate the sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to ruleThen drop into thyself, and be a fool ! Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...he, whose rules the rapid comet bind, Describe or fix one movement of his mind ? Who saw its fires here rise and there descend, Explain his own beginning... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 330 páginas
...FLATMAN. Palingenius and Charron furnished him with the two following thoughts in the Essay on Man: Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...earthly shape, And shew'da Newton, as we shew an ape. POPE. Utque movet nobis imitatrix slmia risum, Sic not calicolls, quoties (ervicejuftr&a feato/i gradimur... | |
 | 1803 - 240 páginas
...FLATMA.Y. Palingenius and Charron furnished him with the two following thoughts in the Essay on Man : Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...earthly shape. And shew'da Newton, as we shew an ape. POPB. Utque movet nobis imitatrix simia risum, Sic nos ccelicolis, quoties cervice .super 1 i Ventosi... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 páginas
...imitate the sun ; Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool ! 30 Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...an ape. Could he, whose rules the rapid comet bind, 35 Describe or fix one movement of hi s mind ? Who saw its fires here rise and there descend, Explain... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 páginas
...glittering gold and sparkling gems they shine, But apes and monkeys arc the gods within. GranviUc. Celestial beings, when of late they saw > A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admir'd such knowledge in a human shape, And show 'da Newton, as we show an ape. Pipe. a. An imitator : used generally... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 páginas
...Venoient pour diffamer son chef d'oeuvre nouveau. BOU.EAU. Superior * Rambler, No. 143. f Of Moliere. Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape. POPE. Simia coelicolum risusque jocusque deorum est, Tunc homo, quum temere ingenio confidit, et audet... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 páginas
...guardian of truth, and yet a mere huddle of uncertainly ! the glory and the scandal of the universe." 22. Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape.f The author of the letter on the Marks of imirv tation, is induced to think, from the singularity... | |
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Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape. 
