 In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods, Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel :...  An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H.St.John, Lord Bolingbroke - Seite 10von Alexander Pope - 1867 - 72 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 Seiten
...the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, 125 Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel : NOTES. remptorily, that the proceedings of God towards man, in the present life, are unjust; and,... | |
 | Rev. W. Hutton - 1822 - 306 Seiten
...and, like him, shine with their own native lustre. The Uses ofthefxed Stars. " Ask for what end these heavenly bodies shine; Earth for whose use?— Pride answers, 'tis for mine!" " But do these worlds display their beams, or guide Their orbs, to serve thy use, to please thy pride?... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 Seiten
...into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be...but wishes to invert the laws Of Order sins against th' Eternal Cause. POPE. CHAP. XIII. ON THE ORDER OF NATURE. SEE through this air, this ocean, and... | |
 | Alethea Lewis - 1823 - 402 Seiten
...pardon, child ; I had forgot that you do not love my umph. But, to give you quotation for quotation, 'Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels men rebel.'" " Well, but I am not ambitious," said Isabella. " I only wish that Mr. Willoughby would like to talk... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 80 Seiten
...into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be...but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against th' Eternal Cause. V. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine, Earth for whose use ? Pride answers,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 Seiten
...into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. ilence hist along, 'Less Philomel will t Ii' eternal cause. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine, Earth for whose use? Pride answers,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 430 Seiten
...that makes Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes; 125 Men would be angels, angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel ; NOTES. makes you think yourself ill-treated, and induces you to look for another and more perfect... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 Seiten
...that makes Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes; 125 Men would be angels, angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel ; NOTES. makes you think yourself ill-treated, and induces you to look for another and more perfect... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 424 Seiten
...1590, describing the battle of the angels against Lucifer, and which Gordon de Porcel, in his Library And who but wishes to invert the laws Of ORDER, sins against th' Eternal Cause. 130 V. Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine, Earth for whose use ? Pride answers,... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 Seiten
...unjust. 14 In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against th' Eternal Cause. 15 Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine, Earth for whose use? Pride answers,... | |
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