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; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all, Sole judge... Rejected Addresses: Or, The New Theatrum Poetarum - Page 11by James Smith - 1841 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...abused or disabused ; 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 hurled ; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! Go, wondcrous creature ! mount where Science guides ; Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...abused, or disabused; 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 hurled : The glory, jest, and riddle of the wrirlii f [From An Essay on ^fan.] SUBMISSION TO SUPREME WISDOM. WHAT if the foot, ordained the dust... | |
| Frederick William N. Bayley - 1833 - 902 pages
...himself abused or disabused; Created part to rise and part to fall, (jreat lord of all things, vet a slave to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error...never heard him allude to his deformed foot except ipon one occasion, when, entering the green-room of Drury-lane, ic found Lord Byron alone, the younger... | |
| James Smith, Horace Smith - 1851 - 272 pages
...himself abused or disabused ; Created part to rise and part to fall, Great lord of all things, yet a slave to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error...foot except upon one occasion, when, entering the green-room of Prury-lane, he found Lord Byron alone, the younger Byrne and Miss Smith the dancer having... | |
| 1851 - 84 pages
...of his life. Moore. 16. Created half to rise, or half to fall, Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all, Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. Pope. 17. Brief, brave, and glorious is his young career. Byroris Childe Harold. 18. His soul like... | |
| 1851 - 496 pages
...abused or disabused ; 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 hurled ; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! Go, wondrous creature ! mount where Science guides ; Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the... | |
| George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pages
...abused or disabused ; Created half to rise and half to fall ; 15 Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all : Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled ; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! Go, wondrous creature ! mount where science guides : Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the... | |
| John Lord - 1852 - 360 pages
...himself abused or disabused ; 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 hurled, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world." A late popular writer, (Paschal, quoted by Dr. Bushnell, page 55,) thus represents Man — the great... | |
| John Oldham - 1854 - 284 pages
...the rest ? * Chaos of thought and passion, all confused, Still by himself abused, and disabused — Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. — POPE. 214 EIGHTH SATIRE OF M. BOILEAU, IMITATED. Whom they all spurn, and whom they all despise,... | |
| 1858 - 596 pages
...that of his friends. He seems to illustrate individually Pope's description of man collectively— Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. For, while every man pays homage to his powers of reasoning, no man acquiesces in the justice of his... | |
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