 | 1804 - 584 pagina’s
...No pow'rs of body , or of soûl to share , But what liis nature and liis slate <:mi bear. \Vliy bas not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason , man is not a lly. Say what thé use, were fincr optics giv'n , T" inspect a mite, not comprehend thé heav'n? Or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1736 - 64 pagina’s
...Lleffing find) Is not to think, or aft, beyond Mankind ; . . No No Powr's of Body or of Soul to fhare, But what his Nature and his State can bear. Why has not Man a microfcopic Sight ? 185 For this plain Realon, Man is not a Mite : Say what th' Advantage of fo fine... | |
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 426 pagina’s
...that Bleffing find) Is, not to think, or act beyond Mankind ; Np Pow'rs of Body, or of Soul to fhare, But what his Nature, and his State can bear. Why has not Man a microfcopick Sight ? For this plain Reafon, Man is not a Mite : Say, Say, what th' Advantage of fo... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pagina’s
...bliss of Man (could Pride that blessing find) Is not to act or think beyond Mankind ; 190 No pow'rs of body or of soul to share But what his nature and...microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. Sny for what use were finer optics giv'n, 195 T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the hear'n ? Or touch,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 pagina’s
...man (could pride that blessing find) Is not to act or think beyond mankind; No pow'rs of body or cf soul to share, But what his nature and his state can...is not a fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, To inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? i " Young Ammon," Alexander the Great, who pretended... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pagina’s
...The bliss of man (could pride that blessing find) Is not to act or think beyond mankind; No pow'rs of body or of soul to share, But what his nature and...is not a fly. Say, what the use, were finer optics giv'n? • T inspect a mite! not comprehend the heav'n. Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pagina’s
...bliss of Man (could Pride that blessing find,) Is not to act or think beyond Mankind ; 190 No pow'rs of body or of soul to share, But what his Nature and...Man is not a fly. Say what the use were finer optics giv'n, 195 T'inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, Tolsmart... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pagina’s
...The bliss of Man (could Pride that blessing find) Is not to act or think beyond mankind} No pow'rs of body or of soul to share, But what his nature and...is not a fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly-alive all o'er, To smart... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pagina’s
...lapsed condition of man, the chief foundation of the Christian revelation, it is difficult to say. 11. Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. Say, * Hume's Essays, quarto, pag, 106. t Ver. 171. Say, what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T' inspect... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pagina’s
...self-confounding faculties to share ; iSo senses stronger than his brain can bear. At present, No pow'rs of body or of soul to share, But what his nature and his state can bear. It appeared at first, Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man, A mighty maze ! of walks without a... | |
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Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. 
