 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...  The Poetical Works of Alex. Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's Life - Pagina 197di Alexander Pope - 1825 - 524 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pagine
...eye can see, No glass can reach ; from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing— On superior pow'rs Were we to. press, inferior might on ours ; ^ Or in...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pagine
...reach ; from infinite to thee ; From thee to nothing — On superior powers. Were we to press, interior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'dt From Nature's chain whatever link yon strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain... | |
 | Samuel Shuckford - 1808 - 428 pagine
...And, little less than angel, would be more ? • on superior powers Were we to press, inferior must on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd. The gen'ral order since the whole began, Is kept in nature, and is kept in man. 1 Those sentiments... | |
 | Young lady - 1809 - 204 pagine
...leaves them in a state of inaction. On superior powers Were we to press, inferior might on our's ; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step...Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. It is not only from the motion in the fibres of the brain that this pleasure springs, but it principally... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pagine
...to thee, 34ft From thee to Nothing.— rOn superior powers Were we to press, inferior might on urns; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step...the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation rol| Alike essential to th" amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pagine
...can see, No elasscan reach ; from infinite to the^ ' "isom thee to nothing. On superior pow K» . . , Were we to press, inferior might on ours ; Or in the...scale's destroy'd ; From nature's chain whatever link yovi stnke, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain aUKfAnd, if each system in gradation roll, Alike... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pagine
...oan sec, No glass can reach ; from Infinite to thee, 240 From thee to Nothing. — On superior powers Were we to press, inferior might on ours ; Or in the...scale's destroy'd : From Nature's chain whatever link yon strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 pagine
...ours j Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroyed : From nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth...each system in gradation roll, Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pagine
...to press, inferior might on ours : Or VKK. 238. Ed. 1st. Ethereal essence, spirit, substance, man. 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... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pagine
...Infinite to thee. Trom thee to nothing. OB superior powers Were we to press, inferior might or» ours j Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step...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... | |
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