 That Wisdom infinite must form the best, Where all must full or not coherent be, And all that rises, rise in due degree ; Then, in the scale of reasoning life, 'tis plain, There must be, somewhere, such a rank as Man: And all the question (wrangle e'er...  The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of ... - Page 160by William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...full or not coherent be, 45 And all that rises, rise in due degree ; Then, in the scale of reas'ning life, 'tis plain, There must be, somewhere, such a rank as man : And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this, if God has plac'd him wrong ? 50 Respecting... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...full, or not coherent be, 45 And all that rises, rise in due degree ; Then, in the scale of reas'ning life, 'tis plain, There must be, somewhere, such a rank as man ; And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this, if God has plac'd him wrong ? 50 Respecting... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...the best, Where all must fall, or not coherent be, And all that rises, rise in due degree ; Cc3 Then, in the scale of reasoning life, 'tis plain, There must be somewhere such a rank as Man : And all the question -(wrangle e'er so long) Is only this, if God has plac'd him wrong ? Respecting... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...form the best, Where all must full or not coherent be, And all that rises, rise in due degree ; Then, in the scale of reasoning life, 'tis plain, There must be, somewhere, such a rank as man : And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this, if God has plac'd him wrong? Respecting... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1821 - 94 pages
...supreme felicity of his creatures ! I believe every rational being will agree with Pope, that — " In the scale of reasoning life 'tis plain, '' There must be somewhere such a rank as mau ; " And all the question, wrangle e'er so long, " Is only this, if God has placed him wrong ?"... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 268 pages
...full, or not coherent be, And all that rises, rise in due degree ; Then, in the scale of reas'ning life, 'tis plain, There must be, somewhere, such a rank as Man ; And all the question ( wrangle e'er so long ) Is only this, if God has plac'd him wrong ? Cette chaîne... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 pages
...fall or not coherent be, 45 And all that rises, rise in due degree : Then, in the scale of reas'ning life, 'tis plain, There must be, somewhere, such a rank as man ; And all the questions (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this. If God has plac'd him wrong ? 50 Respecting... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 252 pages
...full or not coherent be , And all that rises , rise in due degree ; Then , in the scale of reas'ning life , 'tis plain , There must be , somewhere , such a rank as Man : And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this , if God has plac'd him wrong ? Respecting... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...form the best, Where all must full or not coherent be, And all that rises rise in due degree ; Then in the scale of reasoning life 'tis plain There must be, somewhere, such a rank as man; And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this,—If God has placed him wrong? Respecting... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 pages
...full or not coherent be, 45 And all that rises, rise in due degree ; Then, in the scale of reas'ning life, 'tis plain, There must be, somewhere, such a rank as Man : And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this, if God has plac'd him wrong ? 50 Respecting... | |
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