 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 336 pages
...go wrong. See then the acting and comparing powers 95 One in their nature, which are two in ours ; And reason raise o'er instinct as you can, In this 'tis God directs, in that 'tis man. Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food ? 100 Prescient,... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...when prest: Stays till we call, and then not often near; But honest instinct comes a volunteer. Pope. Reason raise o'er instinct as you can, In this 'tis God directs, in that 'tis man. Pope. -Thought Precedes the will to think, and error lives Ere reason can be born. Reason, the power... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 452 pages
...common sense of mankind. It is in this enlarged meaning that it is opposed to instinct by Pope : " And Reason raise o'er Instinct as you can ; In this 'tis God directs, in that 'tis Man." It was thus, too, that Milton plainly understood the term, when he remarked, that smiles imply the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 454 pages
...common sense of mankind. It is in this enlarged meaning that it is opposed to instinct by Pope : " And Reason raise o'er Instinct as you can ; In this 'tis God directs, in that 'tis Man." Tt was thus, too, that Milton plainly understood the term, when he remarked, that smiles imply the... | |
 | John Tulloch - 1855 - 416 pages
...61-62. t " See then the acting and comparing powers, One in their nature, — which are two in ours ; And reason raise o'er instinct as you can, In this 'tis God that acts, in that 'tis man." — Essay. t Spectator, No. 120. interesting force which claims recognition... | |
 | John Tulloch - 1855 - 404 pages
...61-62. *)- " See then the acting and comparing powers, One in their nature, — which are two in ours ; And reason raise o'er instinct as you can, In this 'tis God that acts, in that 'tis man." — Essay. J Spectator, No. 120. interesting force which claims recognition... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...may go wrong. See then the acting and comparing powers One in their nature, which are two in ours ; And reason raise o'er instinct as you can, In this 'tis God directs, in that 'tis Man. Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food 1 100 Prescient,... | |
 | William Willder Wheildon - 1874 - 256 pages
...wrong ; " See, then, the acting and comparing powers, " One in their nature which are two in ours ; " And Reason raise o'er Instinct as you can, " In this 'tis God directs, in that 'tis man." Instinct is distinctly manifested and seems to be unerring, in the vegetable kingdom. Dr. Good says... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...near. POPE. See then the acting and comparing powers, One in their nature, which are two in ours ; And reason raise o'er instinct as you can, In this 'tis God directs, in that 'tis man. POPE. Jove's ethereal lays, resistless fire, The chapter's soul and raptured song inspire ; Instinct... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 pages
...may go wrong. >ee then the acting and comparing powers One in their nature, which are two in ours ! 7 Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food I Prescient,... | |
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One in their nature, which are two in ours ! And Reason raise o'er Instinct as you can, In this 'tis God directs, in that 'tis man. 
