 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...little or too much; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord...error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world! Go, wondrous creature! mount where Science guides; Go measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides;... | |
 | Helen Vendler - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 166 pages
...little, or too much: Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord...prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! [II, 3-18] There is a magnificence and courage in... | |
 | Northrop Frye - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 608 pages
...little, or too much: Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord...prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!5 There is no point at which the writing leans over... | |
 | Angus Fletcher - History - 2007 - 204 pages
...Man seems never to escape the perils of his own powers, "whether he thinks too little, or too much." Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still...hurl'd: The Glory, Jest, and Riddle of the World! (Epistle II. lines 13-18) Nevertheless, despite a resounding ambiguity in the biblical "lord of all... | |
 | Pat Rogers - Literary Criticism - 2007
...reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much: Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still...hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! (n, 1-18) Aptly describing this passage as a kind of divine creation of Man, one that "render[s] graphically... | |
 | Alan Ertl - Business & Economics - 2007 - 467 pages
...little, or too much: Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused, Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord...prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world From Epistle 2. Of the Nature and State of Man with... | |
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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 hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! 
