| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Apologetics - 1803 - 446 pages
...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... | |
| Letter writing - 1803 - 268 pages
...Near nearer nearest, next Late later latest, last лл 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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Apologetics - 1809 - 410 pages
...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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