 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 страници
...and place, and wrong place, it had been vain to ask Pope, who probably had never asked himself. of subordinate beings from infinite to nothing, of which...which, without his help, he supposes unattainable, the position that though we are fools, yet God is wise. " This Essay affords an egregious instance... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1829 - 594 страници
...American publications. With regard to vivid imagery, Johnson remarks even of the Essay on Man, that "it affords an egregious instance of the predominance...of imagery, and the seductive powers of eloquence." It is rigorous, perhaps, to bring such 1829.] American Poetry. 255 fearful odds against the editor... | |
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Having exalted himself into the chair of wisdom, he tells us much that every man knows, and much that he does not know himself; that we see but little, and that the order of the universe is beyond our comprehension; an opinion not very uncommon ; and... 
