...of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic's side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between : in doubt to act or rest ; In doubts to deem himself a god or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer, Born but to die, and reas'oing...

...sigh from Indus to the Pole. [From An Essay on Man.] UAA'. Kxow then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is Man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle stale, A being darkly wise, and rudely great; With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too...

...in the above-mentioned philosophical poem, with no less accuracy than elegance, that he is, " Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great." — Ejrist. II. For man is situated between beings that eternally abide in the possession of reo? good,...

...cough, and half groan, which emphatically bespoke the arduous nature of his day's duty. CHAPTER XXII. " With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With...doubt to act or rest, In doubt to deem himself a god orjbeast." POPE. THE tortoise pace at which Rustum proceeded, accorded well with Alraschid's present...

...state and every age of life, v. 273, &c. EPISTLE II. I. KNOW then thyself; presume not God to scan ; The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this...being darkly wise and rudely great ; With too much knowlege for the sceptic side, 5 With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in...

...gedachte de schrandere Engelschman Por E, in navolging van den Duitschen dichter , aldus uitdrukt : He hangs between ; in doubt to act , or rest , In doubt to deern himself a God , or Beast. Dat is : Hij -wankelt, in twijfel zijnde, of hij werken wil of rusten...

...state, and every age of life, ver. 273, tc. EPISTLE II. I. Kvow then thyself, presume not God to acau} heing darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness...

...philosophy; and to this end a passage may be quoted with advantage from Pope's Essay on Man:— ' Placed in this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise,...and rudely great; With too much knowledge for the sceptic's side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or...

...seas, and there are some busy in cutting the isthTTifis, to let in both at once upon it. StiUittgJlect. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great. Pops. An ISTHMUS is a narrow nock which joins two continents, or separates two seas. See PENINSULA....

...Epistle II: Know then thyself, presume not to God to scan, The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A Being darkly wise, and rudely great .... Go, wond'rous creature! mount where Science guides, Go , measure earth, weigh air, and state the...