 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 sivua
...nature of pleasure, and pain in general, and how constantly they succeeded one another — Spectator. 9. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just...to die) Expatiate free, o'er all this scene of man ; , A mighty maze ! But not without a plan, — Pope. 10. His years are young, but his experience old... | |
 | agriculture horticulture - 1823 - 434 sivua
...or, as the poet beautifully expresses it, in language singularly applicable, " Come, Christopher, and leave all meaner things, To low ambition and the pride of kings ; Let us, since life can little else supply; Than just to swallow poison and to die ; Expatiate free o'er all this dreadful field,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 sivua
...gladly praise the merit of a foe? (Fr. Ill) FiP; HAP; NAEL-I; OAEL-1; PoEL-3 An Essay on Man 58 Awake, red. A mighty maze! but not without a plan; (Fr. Epistle I) 59 Laugh where we must, be candid where we can;... | |
 | Peter France - 1992 - 268 sivua
...amplifier; Pope's first eight tensyllable lines become twelve twelve-syllable lines in his version: Awake, my St John! leave all meaner things To low ambition,...to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot; Or garden,... | |
 | John Dixon Hunt - 1992 - 414 sivua
...begins the Essay on Man with an exactly similar testimony to the congruence of idea and landscape: Let us (since Life can little more supply Than just...to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; A Wild, where woods and flow'rs promiscuous shoot, Or garden,... | |
 | Salim Kemal, Ivan Gaskell - 1993 - 296 sivua
...have identified that point of view as the station occupied by the independent landed gentleman: Awake, my ST. JOHN! leave all meaner things To low ambition...to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man; A mightly maze! but not without plan. . . Together let us beat this ample field, Try what the open,... | |
 | Julien Offray de La Mettrie - 1994 - 100 sivua
...clouds in the atmosphere no more rapidly. 12. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) begins his Essay on Man, Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of Kings. In old age, that cold season when one is no longer fitted to give or receive other pleasures, what... | |
 | Dennis Todd - 1995 - 366 sivua
...in his effort to get a purchase on the problem of the imagination, poetry, and ethical obligations: Let us (since Life can little more supply Than just...to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; Together let us beat this ample field, Try what the open, what... | |
 | Andrew J Davis - 1996 - 412 sivua
...announced by Pope in his introduction to the inimitable Essay on Man : — " Let us (since life can \\jfie more supply Than just to look about us, and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of mail ; A mighty maze ; but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and Sowers promiscuous shoot, Or... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1997 - 146 sivua
...vains. » E in van 1" interne a'lui s'oppose; e in vano S'armô d'Asia, e di Libia il popol misto...' Let us, since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die...2 Dans la poésie anglaise comme dans l'italienne, un accent, bien qu'il ne doive jamais être... | |
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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... 
