Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would... The Works of Alexander Pope: Moral essays - Halaman 7oleh Alexander Pope - 1757Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
| Alexander Pope - 1843 - 50 halaman
...matter, soon or late, or here or there ? The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago. III. Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state ; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : Or who could suffer... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 826 halaman
...here, or there ? The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand yean ago. III. Heaven proscrib'd, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer... | |
| William Holt Yates - 1843 - 634 halaman
...there ? The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago . PREFACE. XI Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, — their present state ; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know ; Or who could... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1844 - 94 halaman
...matter, soon or late, or here or there ? The blest to-day is as completely so, 75 As who began a thousand years ago. III. Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state ; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : Or who could suffer... | |
| Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 halaman
...the lightning rod." Thus saying, he took a trim birch stick, and " whaled" him in warm style. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescribed, the present state, From brutes what man, from man what angels know ; Or who could suffer... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 halaman
...of one, but all. LESSON CXXIV. ^ / Providence Vindicated in the Present State of Man. — POPE. 1. HEAV'N from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state ; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know ; Or who could suffer... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 halaman
...And Betty's praised for labours not her own. EXTRACTS FROM THE ESSAY ON MAN. MAN'S IGNORANCE. HEAVEN from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescribed, thefr present state ; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know ; Or who could suffer... | |
| Lewis C. Todd - 1845 - 200 halaman
...existence, Surely so far as nature sheds light upon the future, the British poet was about right: '-iFeaven from all creatures, hides the book of fate, All but the page prescribed, the present stale." And it is true that the writers of the Old Testament had very little... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 halaman
...matter, soon or late, or here or there ? The blest to-day is as completely so, 75 As who began a thousand years ago. III. Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state ; NOTES. ment of the evils and miseries of life ; and ends by saying,... | |
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