Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. ANON. MAN, considered in himself, is a very helpless and a very wretched being. He is... The British Essayists: The Spectator - Strana 201podľa Alexander Chalmers - 1802Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| Lindley Murray - 1812 - Počet stránok 378
...assistance we stand in need of, and is always ready to bestow it on those who ask it of him. ^^ Mak, considered in himself, is a very helpless, and a Very...calamities and misfortunes. He is beset with dangers on all sides ; and may become unhappy by numberless casualties, which he could not foresee, bor have prevented... | |
| Laurence Dermott - 1813 - Počet stránok 310
...of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break,....and confusion hurl'd; He unconcern'd would hear the miglity crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. Therefore, if secrecy and silence be duly coirsidered,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - Počet stránok 328
...thou art my mother and my sister." ADDISON. SECTION XXL Trust in the Care of Providence Recommended. MAN-, considered in himself, is a very helpless, and...calamities and misfortunes. He is beset with dangers on all sides; and may become unhappy by numberless casualties, which he could not foresee, nor have prevented... | |
| Collection - 1816 - Počet stránok 202
...frien< N. N, MAn , considered in himself, is a wery helplefs and a very wretched being , He is subjeft every moment to the greatest calamities and misfortunes. He is beset with dangers on all sides, and may become unhappy by numberltfs casualties, which he could not foresee, nor have prevented... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1819 - Počet stránok 320
...fixed on the top of the Persian diadem. Si fractus illabatur orbis, L. Impavidum ferient ruinae. HOR. MAN, considered in himself, is a very helpless and...calamities and misfortunes. He is beset with dangers on all sides, and may become unhappy by numberless casualties, which he could not foresee, nor have prevented,... | |
| British essayists - 1819 - Počet stránok 304
...angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to By. ' Should the whole frame of nature round him break,...mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world.' T 3 The vanity of fear may be yet further illustrated if we reflect, First, What we fear may not come... | |
| James Ferguson - 1819 - Počet stránok 342
...SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1712. Sifruclus illaluhir mbis, I in/mfivl a in ferieut rulna. HOR. 3 Od. iii. 7. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin and confusion Imrl'd, He, unconcern'd, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling woild. ANON.... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - Počet stránok 472
...the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of Nature round hii, break, In ruin and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd, would hear the mighty crackAnd stand secure amidst a falling world. Such were the godlike arts that led Bright Pollux to... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1821 - Počet stránok 280
...art my mother and my sister." SECTION XXI. ADDISON. Trust in the care of Providence recommended. 1. Man, considered in himself is a very helpless, and...subject every moment to the greatest calamities and misfort jnes. He is beset with dangers on all sides ; and may become unhappy by numberless casualties,... | |
| Moral essays - 1821 - Počet stránok 188
...V-'orld. 'fttUST IN THE CARE OF PROVIDENCE RECOMMEXDED. MAN, considered in himself, is a very helpJess, and a very wretched being. He is subject every moment...calamities and misfortunes. He is beset with dangers on all sides; and may become unhappy by numberless casualties, which he could not foresee, nor have prevented,... | |
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