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" Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. "
The Practice of Elocution, Or A Course of Exercises for Acquiring the ... - Page 93
by Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 213 pages
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Mercure françias, Issue 186

1804 - 584 pages
...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...
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An essay on man [by A. Pope]. With some humourous verses on the death of ...

Alexander Pope - 1736 - 64 pages
...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...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 426 pages
...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...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 75-76

John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...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,...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 pages
...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...
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An essay on man. Cornish ed

Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...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...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...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...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...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...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...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...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...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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