 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
 | Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - 1854 - Počet stránok 894
...nud obstinately just; Like Tenerirto or Atlas nnrcmovcd, The stubborn virtue of his spirit proved; Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, Ho unconcerned would view the mighty wreck, And smile secure amidst a falling world. " In more... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - Počet stránok 596
...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 hurled, i But HOWSOE'EB.] A word, which nobody would now use in verse, and not many in good prose.... | |
 | Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - 1854 - Počet stránok 890
...RANTOUL, JR. 275 I/ike Tcncriffe or Atlas unrcmoved, The stubborn virtue of his spirit proved; Shimld the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, He unconcerned would view the mighty wreck, And smile secure amidst a falling wurld. " In more... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - Počet stránok 628
...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 eonfusion hurl'd, - He, uneoneern'd, would hear the mighty eraek," And stand seeure amidst a falling... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1857 - Počet stránok 470
...examination of two passages in which verbal criticism is exemplified. SPECIMENS OF VERBAL CRITICISM. 1. " Man, considered in himself, is a very helpless and a very wretched being. Launched alone on the suit of life, he would soon suffer shipwreck." We have here a proposition strikingly... | |
 | John Richardson Major - 1858 - Počet stránok 216
...odious, nor indeed so exquisitely ridiculous, as that of a rigid severe temper in a worthless man. CXII. 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... | |
 | Joseph Catafago - 1858 - Počet stránok 368
...which, if it in the least deviates, it becomes unfit to answer those ends for which it was designed. 19. 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... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1860 - Počet stránok 136
...of Gray, wrote her a harsh and undutiful letter, refusing to .acknowledge her as Queen of Scotland. Man, considered in himself, is a very helpless and a very wretched being. Look round and survey the various beauties of the globe, which heaven has destined for the human race,... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1861 - Počet stránok 468
...examination of two passages in which verbal criticism is exemplified. SPECIMENS OF VERBAL CRITICISM. . 1. "Man, considered in himself, is a very helpless and a very wretched being. Launched alone on the sea of life, he would soon suffer shipwreck." We have here a proposition strikingly... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - Počet stránok 774
...and Field. Innocence shall make False accusation blush, and tyranny Tremble at patience. Shaktpeare. Should the whole frame of nature round him break,...ruin and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd, would bear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. Логосе. Against the head which... | |
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