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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! "
Essai sur l'homme: poëme philosophique par Alexandre Pope, en cinq langues ... - Page 13
by Alexander Pope - 1762 - 347 pages
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The History of the Works of the Learned ..., Volume 5

Bibliography - 1739 - 480 pages
...been faid fn the Defcription ; and thereforejie turns it to imaginary Hypothefes. I. Mr. Pope — «« Go wondrous Creature ! mount where Science guides,...Go meafure Earth, weigh Air, and ftate the Tides, " Shew by what Laws the wand'ring Planets ftray, <« CorrecT: old Time, and teach the Sun his Way....
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An Essay on Man: In Epistles to a Friend. Epistle II.

Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1733 - 26 pages
...confus'd ; Still by himfelf abus'd, or dif-abus'd¿ '..> r? : Created half to rife, and half to fall ; Great Lord of all things, yet a Prey to all ; Sole...Judge of Truth, in endlefs Error hurl'd : The Glory, ]eft, and Riddle, of thé World! Go wondrous Creature ! mount where Science guides^ Go meafure Earth,...
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A Critical and philosophical Commentay on Mr. Pope's Essay on Man. In which ...

William Warburton - 1742 - 220 pages
...this fublime Defcription, where the Poet tells us, Man was Created half to rife, and half to fall ; Great Lord of all Things, yet a Prey to all; Sole...hurl'd : The Glory, Jeft, and Riddle of the World. , Indeed he paid fo much, as to contrive how he might pervert them to a Senfe confiftent with his Et...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - Poets, English - 1745 - 426 pages
...Paffion, all confus'd; Still by himfelf abus'd, or difabus'd ; Created half to rife, and half to fall; Great Lord of all Things, yet a Prey to all ; Sole...hurl'd : The Glory, Jeft, and Riddle, of the World ! Here defcribing the State of the human Underftanding to be a dark and feeble State, with regard to...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq ..., Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 pages
...Paflion, all confus'd ; Still by himfelf abus'd, or difabus'd ; Created half to rife, and half to fall ; Great Lord of all Things, yet a Prey to all ; Sole...Judge of Truth, in endlefs Error hurl'd : The Glory f Jeft, and Riddle, of the World ! Here ddcribing the State of the human Underftanding to be a dark...
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Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 374 pages
...all confus'd ; Still by himfelf abus'd, or difabus'd ; Created half to rife, and half to fall ; jj Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole...hurl'd : The glory, jeft, and riddle of the world ! VARIATIONS. After/ 1 8. in the MS. For more perfection than this Irate can bear In vain we figh,...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pages
...himfelf, in making his Paffions fubfervient to the means, and regulating his Reafon by the end of Life. Sole judge of Truth, in endlefs Error hurl'd : The...Go, wond'rous creature ! mount where Science guides, 19 Go, meafure earth, weigh air, and ftate the tides $ VARIATIO Ns, After jr 1 8. in the MS. For more...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 274 pages
...himfelf, in making his Paffions fubfervient to the means, and regulating his Reafon by the end of Life. Sole judge of Truth, in endlefs Error hurl'd : The...Go-, wond'rous creature ! mount where Science guides, 1 9 Go, meafure earth, weigh air, and ftate the tides i VARIATIONs. After jr 1 8. in the MS. For more...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 378 pages
...all confus'dj Still by himfelf abus'd, or difabus'd ; Created half to rife, and half to fall j 1 5 0 Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole...hurl'd : The glory, jeft, and riddle of the world ! VARIATIONS. After *i8. in- the MS. For more perfection than this ftate can bear In vain we figh,...
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Religio medici. To which is added, sir Digby's Observations. Also critical notes

sir Thomas Browne - 1754 - 420 pages
...paflion, all, cc fus'd Still by himfelf abus'd, or dif-abus'd ; Created half to rife, and half to fall; Great Lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole...error hurl'd: The glory, jeft, and riddle of the world ! mat!, Ep. 2. v. q, Page 42. f Nature is the art of God.] The concluilon of Mr. Pope's firft epiftle...
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