 And Reason now through number, time, and space, Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye, And learns, from facts compared, the laws to trace, Whose long progression leads to Deity.  The Minstrel, Or, The Progress of Genius, with Some Other Poems - Page 59by James Beattie - 1803 - 147 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1789 - 214 pages
...dark waste, where fiends and tempests howl; As Phoebus to the world, is Science to the soul. XLVII. " And Reason now through Number, Time, and Space, Darts...the keen lustre of her serious eye, And learns, from fafts compared, the laws to trace, Whose long progression leads to Deity. Can mortal strength presume... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 416 pages
...dark waste, where fiends and tempests howl; As Phoebus to the world, is Science to the soul. XLVH. " And Reason now through Number, Time, and^ Space, Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye, j«'^' And learns, from fafts compared, the laws to trace, Whose long progression leads to Deity. Can... | |
 | James Beattie - 1797 - 150 pages
...preparing It for intellectual exertion and delicate pleasure;— in exploring, by the help of geometry* XLVI. " And Reason now through Number, Time, and Space,...presume to soar so high ! " Can mortal sight, so oft bedim'd with tears, " Such glory bear ! — for lo, the shadows fly " From nature's face ; Confusion... | |
 | James Beattie - Wood-engraving - 1802 - 152 pages
...waste, where fiends and tempests howl ; " As Phoebus to the world, is Science to the soul. XLVII. " And Reason now through Number, Time, and Space, "...presume to soar so high ! " Can mortal sight, so oft bedim'd with tears, " Such glory bear !....for lo, the shadows fly " From nature's face ; Confusion... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...tempests howl ; " As Phoebus to the world, is Science to the soul. XLVII. " And Reason now thiough Number, Time, and Space, " Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye, "And learns, from fafts compared, the laws to trace, " Whose long progression leads to Deity. " Can mortal strength presume... | |
 | James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1805 - 190 pages
...fiends and tempests howl ; " As Phoebus to the world, is Science to the souk u And Reason now thro' Number, Time, and Space, " Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye, " And learns, from facts compar'd, the laws•to trace, ." Whose long progression leads to Deity. " Can mortal strength presume... | |
 | John Aikin - Books and reading - 1806 - 346 pages
...excellent observations are deduced from her lessons. Philosophy next succeeds, accompanied by Science ; And Reason now through Number, Time, and Space, Darts...the keen lustre of her serious eye, And learns, from {acts compared, the laws to trace, Whose long progression leads to Deity. Can mortal strength presume... | |
 | 1806 - 184 pages
...science ;—from this Stana to the end of the first Stanza, Page 31. '' And Reason now, thro' numher, time, and space, " Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye, " And learns, from facts compar'd, the laws to trace, " Whose long progression leads to Deity. " Can mortal strength presume... | |
 | John Aikin - Books and reading - 1807 - 320 pages
...excellent observations are deduced from her lessons. Philosophy next succeeds, accompanied by Science : And Reason now through Number, Time, and Space, Darts...presume to soar so high ! Can mortal sight, so oft bedimm'd with tears, Such glory bear ! — for lo, the shadows fly From nature's face ; confusion disappears,... | |
 | James Beattie, Thomas Gray - English literature - 1809 - 408 pages
...and moral and political science ;— from stanza 46 to stanza 56. • 47. *' And Reason now, tbro' number, time, and space, -' Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye, *' And learns, from facts compar'd, the laws to traee, 41 Whose long progression leads to Deity. " Can mortal strength presume... | |
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