 | Samuel Shuckford - 1808 - 428 pages
...the scale of life and sense 'tis plain, There must be somewhere such a raiik as man; Plac'd on the isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great. 4 c Without this Plato thought the heavens would be iinper* feet. ttparof ariAiJC irai, TO. yag airaila... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...With too much knowledge Tor the Sceptic side, With too nmch weakness for the Stoic's pride, He liangj 'r, Shrinks his thin essence like a shrivcll'd flow'r : Or, as Ixion fix'd ; Jn dptfbt his. Mfntl »r Body to prefer ; Born but to die, uml reasoning 'but to err ; Alike in ignorance,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 322 pages
...eternities. A sublime idea, which lay unnoticed in this ode, till Mr. Pope produced it into observation — " Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, " A being darkly wise, and rudely great." Ess. on Man, ep. ii. 3. Not but our philosophical poet had his eye, also on M. Pascal — " qu'est-ce... | |
 | Fisher Ames - 1809 - 576 pages
...on his four years political journey in this seemingly equivocal manner as a president, Placed on the isthmus of a. middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great. BUT if this would do for him, it would not answer for his party : they will expect much and attempt... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...&.C. FP1STLE II. I. KNOW then thyself, presnme not God to scan, The proper study of mnnkjnd is man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being...too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too inn''h weakness for the Stojc's pride, He hangs Vein era ; In doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to di-cm'... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 pages
...candid remarks. — Thus beautifully does Mr. Pope describe Man's weakness and blindness, with regard-to his own nature : • — Plac'd on this isthmus of...doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt, his rnind, or body to prefer, Born but to die, and reasoning but to err. And as he hath given this description... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...&c. EPISTLE II. I. JTNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being...great : With too much knowledge for -the sceptic side, 5 With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...RIGHT.' EPISTLE II. then thyself, presume not God to scan ; The proper study of mankind is man. Flac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly...great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, 5 With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest, In doubt... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...— Self-Knoicledge. KNOW thou thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is Man. Plac'd -on this isthmus of a middle state, A being...pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In donbt to deem himself a God, or beast ; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer ; Born but to die, and... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...every age of life. I. Kxow then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. priilr, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast ; In... | |
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Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great ; With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god,... 
