 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...BOLINGBRORB. EPISTLE i. Of the Nature and State of Man Kith respect to the Universe. Awake, my St. John ! lileo, less assur'd, observes • Imagin'd lands and...moon ; Or pilot, from amidst the Cyclades, Delos bf Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan : A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot;... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1824 - 554 pages
...objects, we fona a picturesque and instructive metaphor. " Let us (since Hfe can Kttle else sapply, Than just to look about us, and to die) Expatiate...of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan . A wfld, where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot ; A garden, tempting with forbidden fruit. Together... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 424 pages
...of his Lordship ; and that the only merit of Pope was that of transferring it into verse. In writing Let us, since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die, COMMENTARY. The Poet tells us next (line 16th) with what design he wrote, viz. " To vindicate the ways... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pages
...of his Lordship ; and that the only merit of Pope was that of transferring it into verse. In writing Let us, since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die, COMMENTARY. The Poet tells us next (line 16th) with what design he wrote, viz. " To vindicate the ways... | |
 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...nature of pleasure, and pain in general, and how constantly Uey succeeded one another.— Spectator. 9 Let us (since life can little more supply Than just...scene of man ; A mighty maze ! But not without a plan. — Pope. 10. His years are young, but his experience old ; His head nnmellow'd, but his judgment ripe... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...(since life can little more supply Than .inst to look about ue, and to die) Expatiate free o'er all thie scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan...garden, tempting with forbidden fruit. Together let ш beat this ample field, "Cry what the open, what the covert yield ; 10 The latent tracts, the giddy... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings : Let us (sinee life ean seene of Man ; A mighty maze! but not without a plan : A wild, where weeds and flowers promiseuous... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - English language - 1825 - 372 pages
...Ex-patiate, from expatior, I rove about without any prescribed limits ; to enlarge upon in language. " Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man, " A mighty maze ! but not without a plan." Pope. Ex-pect, expecto, (see SPECIo, p. 37,) I look for. To look far, is a species of waiting, drawn... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...absolute submission due to Providence, both as to our present and future state. AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life cau little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...absolute submission due to Providence both as to our present and future state. AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride...garden, tempting with forbidden fruit. Together let us )>eat this ample field, Try what the open, what the covert yield ; The latent tracts, the giddy heights,... | |
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Awake, my ST JOHN ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of Kings. Let us (since Life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; A... 
