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" Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know ? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer? 20 Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, 'Tis ours to trace him only in our... "
The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 12
by Alexander Pope - 1822
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A Compendium of Astronomy: Intended to Simplify and Illustrate the ...

John Vose - Astronomy - 1834 - 230 pages
...though astronomy forbids us fully to adopt the language of the poet : " Through worlds unnumbered though the God be known, 'Tis ours to trace him only in our own." The Earth affords sustenance to innumerable animated beings, which people its surface. It is our habitation...
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The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...they rise ; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can ; But vindicate the ways of God to man. 16 i. Say, first, of God above or man below, What can we...here, From which to reason, or to which refer? 20 " Shoot folly as it flies. Warton, an author who might have been more easily pleased, reprobates this...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., to which is Prefixed ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 332 pages
...they rise : Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to roan. I. Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what w« know : X Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? 20...
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The Poetical Works of A. Pope: Including His Translation of Homer , to which ...

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...first, of God ahove, or man helow, What can we reason, hut from what we know 1 Of man, what see we hut leafless shrubs the flowery palms succeed, 75 And odorous myrt Through worlds untuunher'd though the God hu known, 'Tis ours to trace him only in our own. He, who...
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The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...intensive, in prose, to express a thought forcibly, are equally necessary in poetry. Aa, Say first, of GoJ above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we kndto f IB the great chain, that draws all to agree, And drawn supports, upheld by Odd or theef But...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by H.F. Cary, with a biogr. notice ...

Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...they rise ; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can ; But vindicate the ways of God to Man. I. Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we...station here, From which to reason, or to which refer \ Thro* worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, 'Tis ours to trace him only in our own. He, who through...
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The Rhetorical Reader Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...that must be intensive, in prose, to express a thought forcibly, are equally necessary in poetry. A3, Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we knfrto ? Is the great chain, that draws all to agree, And drawn supports, upheld by G6d or thie? But...
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The Christian reformer; or, Unitarian magazine and review [ed. by ..., Volume 7

Robert Aspland - 1840 - 844 pages
...notion or idea, too predominant in their minds to allow their different faculties free operation. " Say, first of God above, or Man below, What can we reason, but from what we know ! Of Man, what sou we but his station hure, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Through worlds umiumber'd though...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...we con ; But vindicate the ways of God to man. I. Say, first, of God above, or man below, What con While day arises, that sweet hour of prime. Thou Sun,...this great world both eye and soul. Acknowledge him t referí Through worlds unnumber'd though the God be known, Tis ours to trace him only in our own. He,...
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The Methodist Quarterly Review

Methodist Church - 1846 - 670 pages
...knowledge and his are equal, and the sum of both is zero. Pope's significant couplet may tell the rest : " Say first, of God above or man below What can we reason, but from what we know V We have now done with this anonymous writer, and his anomalous book. If we have been so fortunate...
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