| William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 sider
...stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 568 sider
...stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a God or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die,...and 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 confused... | |
| Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 sider
...stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a God or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer ; Born but to die,...and 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 confused... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1871 - 544 sider
...be the fate of man? Shall he be equal to God, or shall he not be superior to the beasts ! " 376 In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err;1 10 Alike in ignorance, bis reason such,* Whether he thinks too little or too much;' Chaos of... | |
| Misia Landau - 1993 - 222 sider
...stoic pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god or beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; Created half to rise, and half to fall, Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Paleoanthropological... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 sider
...Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest, In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast, In Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such Whether he thinks too little or too much:... | |
| Stephen Toulmin, Stephen Edelston Toulmin - 1992 - 244 sider
...great: . . . [Man] hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest, In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer, Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much:... | |
| Joseph Carroll - 1995 - 1096 sider
...Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest, In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer, Born but to die, and 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;... | |
| William Gerber - 1994 - 312 sider
...Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest, In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer, Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; . . . Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd; Created half... | |
| Martha Woodmansee, Peter Jaszi - 1994 - 482 sider
...compendium of error, reminiscent of the famous lines about humanity itself in Epistle II of Essay on Man: Born but to die, and 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;... | |
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