 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 of truth, in endless error hurled, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world...  Rejected Addresses, Or, The New Theatrum Poetarum - Page 25by James Smith, Horace Smith - 1851 - 193 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 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 tides... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 348 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 tides... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 578 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 tides... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1898 - 120 pages
...7 or disabused ; Created half to rise, and half to fall ; 8 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! 1 " Know then thyself." This is the oldest saying recorded in philosophy. 2 Man is the connecting link... | |
 | George Gore - 1899 - 604 pages
...process in his case. " Created half to rise, and half to fell ; 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. "Man doth not live by bread alone" (Deuteronomy, chapter viii; St. Matthew, chapter iv) ; we... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1901 - 492 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. Irony (Gk. eironeia, dissimulation) is intended to convey a meaning opposite to that which the words... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Adaline Wheelock Sterling - 1901 - 526 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 ! Go wondrous creature ! mount where science guides ; Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides;... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 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.8 Line 13. Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. Line... | |
 | 1903 - 654 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. "Essay on Man," Epistle ii, 1. 13. Now turn to page 100 of your "Selections from Pascal" and you will... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1186 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.2 Line is. Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. •£•'"«... | |
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