 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 ... - Sivu 371817Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 sivua
...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...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.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 sivua
...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...broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From nature's cham whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system... | |
 | Samuel Shuckford - 1808 - 428 sivua
...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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 sivua
...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 broken, the great scale's destroy d ; From Nature's chain Whatever link you strike, Tenth or ten thousandth, breaks the chain... | |
 | 1808 - 408 sivua
...iulinitc to thee, From thee to nothing. On superior pow'rs Wire we to press, inferior might on cms ; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy 'd : From N. ¡lure's chain whatever lin» you strike, Teuth, or ten thousandth, breaks the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 sivua
...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... | |
 | Young lady - 1809 - 204 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...the^ ' "isom thee to nothing. On superior pow K» . . , Were we to press, inferior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step...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 sivua
...thee, 240 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...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... | |
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