 Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest...  The National Quarterly Review - 第 55 頁由 編輯 - 1880完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 424 頁
...EPISTLE II. I. KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A Being darkly wise, and rudely great : COMMENTARY. Ver. 2. The proper study, fyc.] The Poet having shewn, in the first epistle, that the... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 頁
...individuals, in every state, and every age of life. 1 . KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan ; The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this...and rudely great; With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 頁
...every state, and every age of life, ver. 27Э, &c. I. KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan ; The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this...and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 頁
...Individual. Know then thyself, presume not God to sean ; The proper study of mankind is man. Plae'd mueh knowledge for the seeptie side, With too mueh weakness for the stoie's pride, He hangs between... | |
 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1825 - 486 頁
...of labour and study necessary to secure this superior knowledge and. these certain comforts : f '" Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, or rudely great, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest, In doubt to decnvhimself a god or beast."... | |
 | 1826 - 484 頁
...between the ecicrnitas H parle ante, and the tcternitas ft parte poit, as the schoolmen have it :— " Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great." Cowley, in his Pindaric Ode, denominated " Life and Fame," has used the same figure, and there Pope... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 頁
...every age of life, ver. 273, &c. • ' « EPISTLE IX. I. Know then thyself, presume not God to scan : The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this...and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 頁
...they imagine that they have either merited his censure, or deserved his applause. Adam Smitfi. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly...and rudely great; With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With loo much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 頁
...state, and every age of life, ver. 273, te. EPISTLE II. 1. KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan ; aw Other sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 頁
...clear, Whatever is, is right. POPE. 44. — SELF-KNOWLEDGE. KNOW thou thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is Man. Placed on this...and rudely great ; With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or... | |
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