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" Yet serves to second too some other use. So Man, who here seems principal alone, Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown, Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal ; 'Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. "
The Cambridge Examiner - Page 240
1881
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 384 pages
...long) Is only this, if God has plac'd him wrong ? 5° Refpe&ing Man, whatever wrong we call, May, muft be right, as relative to all. In human works, tho' labour'd on with pain, A thoufand movements fcarce one purpofe gain ; In NOTES. ture of things requires juft fuch a creature...
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An essay on man. Cornish ed

Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...rank as man: And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this, if God has plac'd him wrong? Respecting man, whatever wrong we call, May, must be right, as relative to all. In human 'works, though labour'd on with pain, A thousand movements scarce one. purpose gain; In God's, one single can...
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History of the British Expedition to Egypt;: To which is Subjoined, a Sketch ...

Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, Sir Robert Wilson - Alexandria, Battle of, Alexandria, Egypt, 1801 - 1803 - 430 pages
...beautiful reasoning of the philosopher and poet was scarce sufficient to check the presumptuous discontent: Respecting man, whatever wrong we call, May, must be right, as relative to all. When the proud steed shall know, why man restrains His fiery course, or drives him o'er the plains...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...rank as man ;" And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this, If God has plac'd him wrong ? Respecting Man, whatever wrong we call, May, must...purpose gain ; In God's one single can its end produce, 45 Yet serves to second too some other use : So Man, who here seems principal alone, Perhaps acts second...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...taste; but in the mean time you make a very indifferent figure. Swift. In human works, tho'labour'd on with pain, A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain; In God's, one single can irs ends produce, Yet seryes to se.ct.nd too some other use. Pope. a. To follow in the next place.'...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...rank as man : And all the question (xvrangle e'er so long) Js only this, if God has plac'd him wrong ? Respecting man, whatever wrong we call, May, must be right, as relative to all. In human works, tho' labour' d nn with pain, A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain ; In God's, one singla can its...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes. Collated with the ...

Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...as man j A nd aU the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this, — If God has plac'd him wrong? Respecting man, whatever wrong we call, May, must be right, as relative to all. In human works, though labour'd on with pain, A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain , In God's, one single can...
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Poetical Works

Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...as man ; And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this, — If God has plac'd him wrong ? Respecting man, whatever wrong we call, May, must be right, as relative to all. In human works, though labour'd on with pain, A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain ; In God's, one single can...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...rank as man : And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this, if God has plac'd him wrong). Respecting man, whatever wrong we call May, must be right, as relative to all. In huraan works, though labour'd on with pain, A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain : In God's,...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 5

1808 - 408 pages
...rank as roan : And all the question (wrangle e'er so Ion;) Is ouly this, if God has plac'd him wron^ ! Respecting man, whatever wrong we call, May, must be right, as relative to ail. In human woiku, tho' labour'd on with pain, A thousand movements scarce one pmuuic g'iiii ; In...
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