| William Gresley - 1873 - 324 lapas
...are very polite. Some have thought that the folly is not all on our side. " Go, wondrous creature, mount where Science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides, ON FAITH AND SCEPTICISM. 9 Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate... | |
| Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1875 - 646 lapas
...the hidden secrete of nature. Bo Pope, " Essay on Man," Ep. 11., 1, 19 :— " Go, wondrous creature ! mount where science guides, Go measure earth, weigh...and state the tides ; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the sun ; Go teach eternal wisdom how to rule, Then drop... | |
| Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1875 - 408 lapas
...sudden emotion; (3) very rarely after semi-interrogatory exclamations : — (1) "Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides ; Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides. " — -Ib. (2) " But hark I he strikes the golden lyre ; And see I the tortur'd ghosts respire, See,... | |
| George Bruce - 1876 - 642 lapas
...of Humanity, Pope says, — "Go, wondrous creature, mount where Science guides, Go, measure Garth, weigh air, and state the tides. Instruct the planets...orb to run. Correct old Time and regulate the sun, Go, wiser thon, and ill thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ! Snatch from His hand... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 lapas
...truth, in endless error hurl'd : The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! Go, wondrous creature! [ 7 [ 7 [ 7 'nstruct the planets in what orbs lo run, Correct old Time, and regulate the Sun ; Go, soar with Plato... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 lapas
...Truth, in endless Error hurl'd : The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! Go, wond'rous creature! mount where Science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides ; 20 Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the Sun; Epistle II.... | |
| Clyde F. Crews - 1986 - 180 lapas
...wise and rudely great. . . . The glory, jest and riddle of the world. . . . Go, wondrous Creature; Mount where Science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh...and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run. Correct old Time, and regulate the Sun. What had happened in the space of a generation... | |
| Alan J. Friedman, Carol C. Donley - 1989 - 244 lapas
...many non-scientific disciplines as if it were the one and only eternal truth. Go, wond'rous creature! mount where Science guides Go, measure earth, weigh...and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the Sun . . . Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule Then... | |
| Julius Thomas Fraser - 1990 - 552 lapas
...conditions in his Essay on Man as he sent Homo sapiens off in pursuit of his destiny. Go, wondrous creature, mount where Science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh...and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the Sun. This Newtonian world, however, has been irrevocably... | |
| Mark Akenside - 1996 - 616 lapas
...denial of the Fall and its results. 89-91: cf. Pope, Essay on Man 2.19-20: "Go, wond'rous creature! mount where Science guides, / Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides." The scientist's contribution to aesthetic pleasure is discussed in detail, Pleasures 2.97-135. 91-94:... | |
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