 | Henry Headley - 1810 - 238 pages
...concluding idea in this extract somewhat reminds us of a line in Pope's Essay on Man : Superior beings Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we shots an ape. * The best of Spenser's Sonnets is addressed to the Spring, Vol. V. p. 73, Hughes's Edit.... | |
 | Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1811 - 374 pages
...may be taken from Mr. Pope. One of the most striking passages in the Essay on Man is the following, Superior Beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...law, Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da NEWTON, as we shew an ape. Ep. ii. v. 31. Can you doubt, from the singularity of this sentiment,... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1811 - 380 pages
...of the ' iT -.',',. ,5"X * ,1* - ,- ->'most striking passages in the Essay on Man is the followingy Superior Beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...unfold all nature's law, Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly-shape, And shew'da NEWTON, as we shew an ape. Can you doubt, from the singularity of this sentiment,... | |
 | William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - 1811 - 446 pages
...Pope, then confirms and illustrates this reasoning by one, of the greatest examples that ever was : Superior Beings, when of late they saw A mortal Man unfold all nature's law, Adrnir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da NEM^TON, as we shew an ape. In these lines he... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 pages
...Mr. Pope then confirms and illustrates this reasoning by one of the greatest examples that ever was : Superior Beings, when of late they saw A mortal Man unfold all nature's law, Adrnir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da NEWTON, as we shew an ape. In these lines he... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 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, As wisely sure a modest ape might aim To be like man, whose faculties and frame He sees, he feels,... | |
 | 1812 - 654 pages
...little School-boy's Guide ! * Originally published in 1791. t See Poetical Register, Vol. vi. p. 400. f Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Adniir'il such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape ! Pars, cc 2 * Polemic... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...sphere, To the first good, first perfect, and first fair ; Or tread the mazy round his follow'rs trod, 25 Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...earthly shape, And show'da NEWTON as we show an ape : Could he, whose rules the rapid comet bind, 35 Describe or fix one movement of his mind ! Who saw... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 334 pages
...FLATMAN. Palingenius and Charron furnished him with the two following thoughts in the Essay on Man: Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...law; Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton, as we shew an ape. POPE. Ulquc mmet nobis imilatrix simia risum, Sic not ccslicolis,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...he a fool ! 8Q Superior heings, when of late they saw A mortal man uofold all natore's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape. 911 But wnen his owo great work is hot hegun, What reason weaves, hy passion is undone, Trace science... | |
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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. 
