 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...  L'essai sur l'homme - Page 28de Alexander Pope - 1821 - 207 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pages
...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...strike, Tenth or ten thousandth breaks the chain alike 9. And, if each system in gradation roll, Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion... | |
 | 1840 - 1122 pages
...Infinite 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...nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten-thousandth, breaks. the chain alike." J The metaphysical argument which proves the immortality... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...; Or in the full creation leave a void, [stroy'd: Where, one step broken, the great scale 's deFrom Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or...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 - 1822 - 370 pages
...vegetable. 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 essential... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...vegetable. 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 : FrpmJSature's chain .whatever link you strike, 245 Tenth, or tenjhousandth, breaks the chain alike.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 pages
...ii. p. 49. 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, 245 Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 pages
...Infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. On superior powers. Were we to press, inferior might on our's : 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... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 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...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 Enfield - 1823 - 412 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 broken the great scale's destroy 'd : From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth or ten thousandth, breaks the chain... | |
 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1823 - 732 pages
...according to Nature's own Method, being once discovered, ought never to undergo the least change: " From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike." •> To those who have seen the preceding editions of this work, the additions in the present will... | |
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