 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 426 pages
...Say, what th' Advantage of fo fine an Eye ? T' infpect a Mote, not comprehend the Sky ? Or 'ZJmch, fo tremblingly alive all o'er, To fmart, and agonize...Pore ? Or quick Effluvia darting thro' the Brain, To fink oppreft with aromatick Pain ? If Nature thunder'd in his opening Ears, And ftunn'd him with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pages
...eye ? For this plain reafon, Man is not a Fly. Say what the ufe, were finer optics giv'n, T' infpect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n? Or touch, if tremblingly...pore ? Or quick effluvia darting thro' the brain, Die o£ a rofe in aromatic pain ? 20Ot If nature thunder'd in his op'ning ears, And ftunn'd him with the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 274 pages
...if or this plain reafon, Man is not a Fly. Say what the ufe, were finer optics giv'n, 195 T' infpeft a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To fmart and agonize atev'ry pore? Or quick effluvia darting thro' the brain, Die of a rofe in aromatic pain ? 200 If nature... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 370 pages
...For this plain reafon, Man is not a Fly, Say what the ufe, were finer optics giv'n, 195 T'infpecT: a mite, not comprehend the heav'n? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To ftnart and agonize at ev'ry pore ? Or quick effluvia darting thro' the brain, Die of a rofe in aromatic... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 236 pages
...For this plain reafon, man is not a Fly. Say what the ufe, were finer optics giv'n, 195 T' infpeft a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To fmart and agoni2e at ev'ry pore ? Or quick effluvia darting thro ' the brain, Die of a rofe in aromatic pain... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 234 pages
...ftrength is abated. 12 ESSAY ON MAN. EP. ISay what the ufe, were finer optics giv'n, 1 95 T'inlpeft a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To fmart and agoni2e at ev'ry pore ? Or quick effluvia darting thro' the brain, Die of a rofe in aromatic pain ?... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1760 - 402 pages
...For this plain reafon, Man is not a Fly. Say what the ufe, were finer optics giv'n, 195 T" infpecT: a mite, not comprehend the heav'n? Or touch, if tremblingly...darting thro' the brain, Die of a rofe in aromatic pain ? 200 If nature thunder'd in his op'ning ears, And ftunn'd him with the mufic of the fpheres, How would... | |
 | Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...eye ? For this plain reafon, man is not a fly. Say what the ufe, were finer optics giv'n, T'infpeft a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly...ftunn'd him with the mufic of the fpheres, How would he wifh that heav'n had left him ftill The whifp'ring zephyr, and the purling rill ? Who finds not Providence... | |
 | John Newbery - 1762 - 292 pages
...eye ? For this plain reafon, man is not a fly. Say what the ufe, were finer optics giv'n, T'infpeft a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly...thunder'd in his op'ning ears, And ftunn'd him with the mafic of the fpheres, How would he wifh that heav'n had left him ftill The whifp'ring zephyr, and the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1762 - 370 pages
...microfcopic eye? For this plain reafon , man is not a Fly. Say what the ufe, w^re finer optics giv'n, \ Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To fmart...darting thro' the brain , Die of a rofe in aromatic pain ? IX aoo If nature thunder'd in his op'ning ears, And ftunn'd him with the mufic of the fpheres, How... | |
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But what his nature and his state can bear. Why has not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, Man 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... 
