 Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. 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,...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - 第 261 頁Alexander Pope 著 - 1853完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 頁
...rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, 5 With too much weakness for the Stoic's1 pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; 10 1 A sect of... | |
 | 1852 - 710 頁
...raison et devenir betes brutes." The same idea recurs in Pope again, speaking of man generally: — " He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest — In doubt to deem himself a yod or beast." The Second Epistle opens with the famous line : " The proper study of mankind is man;"... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 336 頁
...The passions, and their use, ver. 93 to 130. The predominant passion, and its force, ver. 132 to 160. Its necessity. in directing men to different purposes,...remarks, " The poet having shown, in the first epistle, tha the ways of God are too high for our comprehension, rightly draws this conclusion : and methodically... | |
 | mrs. Henry H B. Paull - 1855 - 70 頁
...deformity can be distinguished. Bocter's Ffsfon. CHAPTER VII. A being darkly wise and rudely great. ***** He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest, In doubt to deem himself a god or beast : In doubt hie mind or body to prefer, Born but to die, and reasoning but to err. POPE. THE tower to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 頁
...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...or rest; In doubt to deem himself , a god, or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 頁
...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...or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; 10 Alike in ignorance,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 頁
...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...or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; 10 Alike in ignorance,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 頁
...too much knowledge for the sceptic's side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He haiig.s between ; in doubt to act or rest, in doubt to deem himself a God or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Bom but to die, and reas'ning but to err ; Alike in ignorance,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 頁
...the individuals, in every state, and every age of life. With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs...or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 60 頁
...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...or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance,... | |
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