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" Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, ' Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape. "
The philosophy of natural theology, an essay which obtained a prize at ... - Page 16
by William Jackson - 1874
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On the Life, Writings, and Genius of Akenside:: With Some Account of His Friends

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...
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The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes ..., Volume 1

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...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 8

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1836 - 776 pages
...on Man : ' Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man transcend all nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape.' Compare now these lines with that passage in the works of a longforgotten English dramatist, whence...
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The Poetical Works of A. Pope: Including His Translation of Homer , to which ...

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...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by H.F. Cary, with a biogr. notice ...

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...
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Essay on Man

Alexander Pope - 1840 - 258 pages
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Medical and Physiological Commentaries, Volume 2

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...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

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...
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The Methodist Quarterly Review, Volume 29

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...
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Hamann's Schriften, herausg. von F. Roth. 8 Theile [in 9].

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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