 Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!  The Adventurer - Page 102publié par - 1823Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Lord - 1852 - 360 pages
...or beast ; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much ; He is a chaos of thought and passion all confused, Still by...prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world." A late popular writer, (Paschal, quoted by Dr. Bushnell,... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pages
...opened his school. Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much ; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused ; Still...disabused ; Created half to rise and half to fall ; 15 Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all : Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled ; The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 336 pages
...reasoning but to err ; 10 Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much : Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confused ; Still...disabused ; Created half to rise, and half to fall; 15 Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd : The... | |
 | Michigan State Agricultural Society - 1853 - 560 pages
...too often but blindly urgiag his devious and dangerous wey amid living struggles and dying resolves. "Created half to rise and half to fall, Great lord of all things, jet a prey to all, SoU judge of truth, in endless error h url'd, The glory, jest, and riddle of the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...little, or too much : Chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, ordisabus'd; Created half to rise, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey 1o all ; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl* d : The glory, jest, and riddle of the world !... | |
 | Horace Binney Wallace - 1856 - 478 pages
...majestic wisdom — as his description of the state of man: ' Born but to die, and reasoning but to err: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endletz error KurVd ; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world !' Think of these words amid the din... | |
 | Henry Hegart Breen - 1857 - 342 pages
...been bestowed on Pope, but which is copied nearly verbatim from Pascal. The lines in Pope are : — " Chaos of thought and passion all confused, Still by...prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurPd, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world." The passage in Pascal is as follows : — " Quelle... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 pages
...of thought and passion, all confused; Nill by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, or half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey...all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd T'.ie glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! Go, woiulrouscreatu re! mount where science guides, Go,... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1874 - 588 pages
...reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much ; Chaos of thought and passion all confused ; Still...himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, or half to fall, Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error... | |
 | James Smith - 1860 - 456 pages
...poor human nature !' " His favourite Pope's description of man is applicable to Byron individually : " Chaos of thought and passion all confused, Still by himself abused or disabused ; Created part to rise and part to fall, Great lord of all things, yet a slave to all ; Sole judge of truth,... | |
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