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" Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert... "
The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ... - Page 229
by Lindley Murray - 1813 - 322 pages
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pages
...here he gives too little, there too much. In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit the sphere and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming...invert the laws Of ORDER, sins against th* ETERNAL CAUSE. POPE. SECTION X. Selfishness Reproved. HAS God, thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good, Thy...
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L'essai sur l'homme

Alexander Pope - 1821 - 252 pages
...our errer lies ; All quit their sphere , and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the bles'd abodes, Men would be Angels , Angels would be Gods....invert the laws Of ORDER , sins against th' Eternal Cause. V. Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine ," Eàrth for whose use? Pride answers, « "lis...
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The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 pages
...Say here he gives too little, there too much. — In pride, in reas'ning- pride, our error lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride,...angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angela fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws Of ORDER, sins...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pages
...he gives too little, there too much 6. In pride, in reas'ning.pride, our error lies ; All quit thfir sphere, and rush into the skies, Pride still is aiming...would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiiing to be angels, men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws Of ORDER, sins against th'...
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An Essay on Man: To which are Added, the Universal Prayer, and Other ...

Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 pages
...the rod, Re -judge his justice, be the God of God. In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes : 125 Men would be angels, angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be...
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L'essai sur l'homme

Alexander Pope - 1821 - 254 pages
...rod , Re-judge his justice , be the God of God. In Pride , in reas'ning Pride , our error lies ; All quit their sphere , and rush into the skies. Pride .still is aiming at the bles'd abodes, Men would be Angels , Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods , if Angels fell , Aspiring...
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The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 pages
...Say, here he gives too little, there too much.-— In pridf, in reas'ning pride, oar error lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride...but wishes to invert the laws Of ORDER, sins against tb.' ETERNAL CAUSE, POPE. 80S The English Reader. Par SECTION X. Selfishness reproved. HAS God, thon...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 41

British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods....but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against the' Eternal Cause. 5. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine, Earth for whose use ?—Pride answers,...
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Murray's English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the ...

Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pages
...he gives too little, there too much. — ... . 6. In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride...angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if anbel1S fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of ORDER, sins...
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The Works of Alexander Pope;

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 pages
...lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, 125 Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring...Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel : remptorily, that the proceedings of God towards man, in the present life, are unjust; and, if that...
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