 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 - 1879 - 136 pages
...rerum universitatem . . . non posse esse meliorem quam est ? ' 1. 46. Then, in tbe scale of reas'ning life, 'tis plain, There must be, somewhere, such a rank as man. The supposition of a scale of beings gradually descending from perfection to nonentity, and complete in... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 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... | |
 | Charles Reemelin - Political Science - 1881 - 670 pages
...and demand, and ever limit rights by duties. Do we not all agree at last to Pope's couplet— "Then, in the scale of reasoning life 'tis plain There must be somewhere such a rank as man " 1 America has had to see its commonwealthism through British spectacles—a circumstance that has,... | |
 | Oxford univ, exam. papers, 1st publ. exam - 1881 - 64 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.' Exercise IX. 1. What are the requisites of a good definition ? Define science, honesty, imagination,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...form the best, Where all must full, or not coherent be, Aud all that rises, rise in due degree : Then, : And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this — If God has placed him wrong. Respecting... | |
 | English essays - 1881 - 578 pages
...form the best, Where all must full or not coherent be. And all that rises, rise in due degree ; Then, ous to stra And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this, if God has placed him wrong ? Respecting... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1881 - 150 pages
...must 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? 50 Respecting... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...form the best, Where all must full, or not coherent be, And all that rises, rise in due degree ; Then, q$ : And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this — If God has placed him wrong. Respecting... | |
 | Illustrated poems - 1885 - 370 pages
...the best ; Where all must fall, 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... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1886 - 690 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... | |
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