| Charles Bucke - 1832 - 328 pages
...should not those fine lines, in the Essay on Man, be applied to your demi-god, as well as Newton ? ' Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law,' &c. " I am, my dear sir, very affectionately yours, Among the friends of Akenside may be, also, mentioned... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...imitate the sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule ; Then drop into thyself, and be a fool ! 30 Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape. George I. the public... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — ' Then drop into thyself, and he a fool ! 30 Superior heings, r Pope Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape. Could he, whose rules... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...to imitate the sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool ! Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'd в NEWTON as we show an ape. Could he, whose rules... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1840 - 258 pages
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| Martyn Paine - 1840 - 830 pages
...and is allied to that Great First Cause who established the laws upon which the particulars depend. u Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, Aod show'da Newton as wo show an ape." — Pope. Pascal created... | |
| John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...to imitate the Sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool ! ! % Could he, whose rules the rapid comet bind, Describe or fix one movement of his mind! Who saw ils fires... | |
| 1847 - 662 pages
...; and Arago insists on placing the name of the discoverer above the father of Saturn. Pope says, " Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton, as we show an ape." What will they do... | |
| Johann Georg Hamann - 1842 - 438 pages
...and first fair .... Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool ! Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an eartbly shape, And sbew'da Newton as we shew an Ape. Я3з1. IV, 14. @.91.... | |
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