Vast chain of being! which from God began Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing. On superior... Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and ... - Page 371817Full view - About this book
| William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...superior pow'rs . "Were we to press, inferior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave a voidj "Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd...strike, Tenth or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. What if the foot, ordain'd the dust to tread, Or hand to toil, aspir'd to be the head ? What if the... | |
| William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...Were we to press, interior might «n ours; , Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one atep broken, the great scale's destroy'd; From Nature's...strike, Tenth or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. . What if the foot, ordain'd the dust to tread, Or hand, to toil, aspir'd to be the head ? What if... | |
| Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1820 - 80 pages
...thee, From thee to nothing! — On superior powers • Were we to press, inferior might on ours: Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale1* destroy'd: From nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...to thee, From thee to Nothing. — On superior powers "Were we to press, inferior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step...gradation roll Alike essential to th' amazing whole, Tin* least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall. Let Earth unbalanc'd... | |
| Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. On superior pow'rs Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step...each system in gradation roll, Alike essential to the amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.... | |
| Lindley Murray - Anthologies - 1821 - 280 pages
...thee, Prom thee to nothing — On superior pow'rs Were \ve to press, inferior might on ours ; Or in (he full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken,...strike, Tenth or ten thousandth breaks the chain alike. 2. And, if each system in gradation roll, Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 pages
...thee, . 240 From thee to nothing — On superior pow'rs Were we to press, inferior might on ours : Or in the full creation leave a. void, Where, one step...destroy'd : From nature's chain, whatever link you strike, 245 Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll, Alike... | |
| Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 252 pages
...Ceux que n'atteignent point le verre ni tes yeux , Habitants de ce globe ou citoyens des cîeux , Or in the full creation leave a void , Where , one step broken , the great scale's destroy'd : From Nature 's chain whatever link you strike , Tenth , or ten thousandth , breaks the chain alike. And... | |
| Classical philology - 1821 - 494 pages
...is the broken link of the chain of communication between Europe and our sable brethren of Sudan. " From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike." If we can rnend that link, our communication will be established through the Sahara; the language of... | |
| Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 268 pages
...one step broken, thé great scale's destroy'd From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenlh, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike And, if each System in gradation roiI Alike essential to th' amazing "Whole : The least confusion but in one, not all . That System... | |
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