| English essays - 1821 - 712 pages
...honour his name by following such reasoning as Newton's, inferior as lie was to infinite beings : " Superior Beings, when of late they saw, A mortal man...Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape. And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape." It is cl (limit tu write on such a subject ; but still we are certainly... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...imitate the sun. Go, teach eternal Wisdom how to rulB'-- Then drop into thyself, and be a fool! 30 Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal Man...Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape. Could he, whose rules the rapid comet bind, 3$ Describe or fix one movement... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...heads to imitate the sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to ruleThen drop into thyself, and be a fool ! Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape. Could he, whose rules the rapid comet bind, Describe or fix one movement... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...speechless, dying! • Mi.thinks I hear some gentle spirit say, Be not fearful, come away ! FLATMAN. Palingenius and Charron furnished him with the two...Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton, as we shew an ape. POPE. Utque movet nobis imitatrix slmia risum, Sic not calicolls, quoties... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 240 pages
...groaning, speechless, dying ! Methinks I hear some gentle spirit say, Be not fearful, come away ! FLATMA.Y. Palingenius and Charron furnished him with the two...Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape. And shew'da Newton, as we shew an ape. POPB. Utque movet nobis imitatrix simia risum, Sic nos ccelicolis, quoties... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...imitate the sun ; Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool ! 30 Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape. Could he, whose rules the rapid comet bind, 35 Describe or fix one movement... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...glittering gold and sparkling gems they shine, But apes and monkeys arc the gods within. GranviUc. Celestial beings, when of late they saw > A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admir'd such knowledge in a human shape, And show 'da Newton, as we show an ape. Pipe. a. An imitator : used generally... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 pages
...Venoient pour diffamer son chef d'oeuvre nouveau. BOU.EAU. Superior * Rambler, No. 143. f Of Moliere. Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape. POPE. Simia coelicolum risusque jocusque deorum est, Tunc homo, quum temere... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 pages
...Venoient pour diffamer son chef d'oeuvre nouveau. BOILEAU. Superior * Rambler, No. 143. f Of Moliere. Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man...law, Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shevv'da Newton as we shew an ape. PorE. • Simla coelicolum risusque jocusque deorum est, Tune homo,... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...guardian of truth, and yet a mere huddle of uncertainty ! the glory and the scandal of the universe." 22. Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, AdiimM such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape.f The author of the letter... | |
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