 | William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - Theology - 1811 - 446 pages
...Heav'n in fault. 1. 69. As he proceeds, he still applies his reasoning to the fame Men: Go - — p and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy 'st such • Say, here he gives too little, there too much ; Destroy all creatures for thy sport... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - Anglican Communion - 1811 - 454 pages
...power, and end in the highest impiety, in an attempt to degrade the God of Heaven, and assume his place. Go wiser thou, and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence : Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, Yet cry, if Man's unhappy, God's unjust ; If Man alone... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 pages
...power, and end in the highest impiety, in an attempt to degrade the God of Heaven, and assume his place. Go wiser thou, and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence : Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, Yet cry, if Man's unhappy, God's unjust; If Man alone... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst tor gold. To BE, contents his natural desire ; He asks no angel's...seraph's fire : But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, Hie faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thpu ! and in thy scale oi sense, Wi'tgh thy opinion... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; no But Ver. 93. 94. In the first fol. and quarto, What bliss above he gives not thee to know, But... | |
 | John Gabriel Stedman - Guiana - 1813 - 550 pages
...slaves once more their native land behold, " No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold, " To be, contents his natural desire, " He asks no Angel's...of sense " Weigh thy opinion against Providence." For For my part I must say, with Socrates, that this kind of CHAP. XV • poverty is alone the truest... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...onee more their native land behold, Wo fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To 'BE, eontents his natural desire; He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's...to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him eompany. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy seale of sense, Weig^h thy opinion against Providenee ; Call imperfeetion... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...natural desire, But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire, 110 Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy...providence ; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such, 115 His faithful dog shall bear him company. Say, here he gives too little, there too much ; Destroy... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold.. To BE, contents his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to i hut equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of seose,... | |
 | John Adams - Voyages and travels - 1816 - 352 pages
...No fiends torment, no Christian thirst for gold. ' To be, contents his natural desire, "' He asks ne angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; " But thinks, admitted...equal sky, " His faithful dog shall bear him company. c( Go, wiser thou ! and, in thy scale of sense, *' Weigh thy opinion against Providence." For my part... | |
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Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him... 
