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" Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! "
Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's ... - Page 19
by Elegant poems - 1814
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The Projector: A Collection of Essays, in the Manner of the ..., Volume 2

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1817 - 436 pages
...and, when we have done with vulgar curiosity, we may return to common sense. THE PROJECTOR. N» 39. •'Go, wondrous creature ! mount where Science guides ; Go, measure Earth, weigh Air, and States, and Tides ; Instruct the Planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the Sun."...
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The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical ...

English essays - 1819 - 332 pages
...passion all confus'd, Still by himself abns'd, or disabns'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole...hurl'd, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. POPE. ' What a chimera then is man ! what a confused chaos ! what a subject of contradiction ! a professed...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...Passion, all coafus'd ; Still by himself abus'd or disabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole...Error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the Sun ; Go, soar with...
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Journal of a Route Across India, Through Egypt, to England, in the Latter ...

George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence Earl of Munster, George Augustus Frederick Fitzclarence Munster (1st Earl of) - Africa - 1819 - 594 pages
...compelled to acquiesce in the justness of that apostrophe of the poet, which pronounces Man to be, " Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! " I found I had satisfied my curiosity, at the expense of the greater part of my few remaining clothes,...
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An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John Lord Bolinbroke. To which ...

Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1820 - 80 pages
...passion, all confused; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error liurl'd; The glory5 jest, and riddle of the world! Go, wond'rous creature!1 mount where science guides,...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...passion, all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd ; Created half to rise, and half to fall ; errour hurl'd : The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! [guides, Go, wondrous creature ! mount where...
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L'essai sur l'homme

Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 252 pages
..., all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd , or disabus'd ; Created half to rise , and half to fall ; Great lord of all things , yet a prey to all ; Sole..., measure earth , weigh air , and state the tides ; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run , Correct old Time , and regulate the Sun ; Go , soar with...
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Traduction de l'essai sur l'homme de Pope: en vers français, précédée d'un ...

Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 268 pages
...misères, Amoureux de soi-même, à soi-même en horreur, Fait pour la vérité, n'embrassant que l'erreur, Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd : The...guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the lides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the Sun ; Go, soar...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 5

John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...passion, all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd ; Created half to rise, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless errour hurl'd : The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! [guides, Go, wondrous creature! mount where...
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Oeuvres, Volume 1

Nicolas Boileau Despréaux - 1821 - 602 pages
...passion, all confus'd; Still by hîmscl abus'd , or disabus'd : Created half to rise, and half to l'all; Great lord of all things , yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth , in cndless error Imrl'd : The glory, jest , and riddlc of the world. Il condamne au matin ses sentiments...
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