 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
 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1831 - Počet stránok 354
...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, In ruin and confusion hurl'd, 15 He, unconcern'd, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. Such were... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1832 - Počet stránok 236
...ages, the merchants of the world.—Gibbon. LESSON CX. Thrust in the Care of Providence Recommended. 1. Man, considered in himself, is a very helpless, and...Calamities and misfortunes. He is beset with dangers on all Bides; and may become unhappy by numberless casualties, ■which he could not foresee, nor have... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - Počet stránok 338
...covered with blood, and delighting in human sacrifice. LESSON XL. Comforts of the Belief in a Providence. Should the whole frame of nature round him break,...He, unconcern'd, would hear the mighty crack, And 9tand secure amidst a falling' world. 1. Man, considered in himself, is a very helpless and a very... | |
 | James Thacher - 1832 - Počet stránok 460
...to which human nature is exposed, and of him who is possesse4 by them, the poet with propriety says, “Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, He, unconcerned, would hear the might 7 crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world.”... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1833 - Počet stránok 274
...between man and the most despicable insect. SECTION XXI. Trust in the care of Providence recommended. MAN, considered in himself, is a very helpless, and...wretched being. He is subject every moment to the grealest calamities and misfortunes. He is beset with dangers on UI aides; and may become unhappy by... | |
 | Mary Bailey - 1833 - Počet stránok 24
...and assaults of the devil ; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation ; Good Lord deliver us." " Man, considered in himself, is a very helpless, and " a very wretched Being. He is subject, every mo" ment, to the greatest calamities and misfortunes. He " is beset with danger on all sides ; and... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - Počet stránok 228
...ages, the merchants of the world.—Gibbon. LESSON CX. Trust in the Care of Providence Recommended. 1. 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1835 - Počet stránok 260
...my mother and my Bister." ADBISOS. SECTION XXI. Trust in the care of Providence recommended. MJLN, considered in himself, is a very helpless, and a very wretched being. He is subject every mo'uent to the greatest calamities and misfortunes. He is beset with dan>gers on all sides; and may... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - Počet stránok 264
...addison. SECTION XXI. Trust in the cart of Providence recommended. MAN. considered in himself, is a verv helpless, and a very wretched being. He is subject...calamities and misfortunes. He is beset with dangers on kH gides; and may become unhappy by uwaiVraXssa taswai&ssv. which he could not foresee, nor have prevented... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1839 - Počet stránok 154
...sentences, commenting particularly on the purity, propriety, and precision of the style:— EXAMPLES. 1. " Man, considered in himself, is a very helpless, and a very wretched being." This sentence exhibits a very correct choice of words for expressing the ideas which the author means... | |
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