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
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1821 - Počet stránok 624
...That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roer, and strength to fly. ' Should tbe whole frame of Nature round him break, In ruin and...unconcern'd, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amid a falling world.' We should be glad if our limits permitted us to copy some of the translations... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1822 - Počet stránok 312
...the assistance \ve stand in need of, and is always ready to bestow it en those who ask it of him. , MAN, considered in himself, is a very helpless, and...moment to the greatest calamities and misfortunes. H« is betel with dangers on all sides , and may become unhappy by numberless casualties, whirh he... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - Počet stránok 468
...again, Thron'd in the centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines ! MOTES. " Should the whole frame of Nature round him break In ruin and confusion hurl'd, She unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling- world." On which lines... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - Počet stránok 452
...again, Thron'd in the centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines ! MOTES. " Should the whole frame of Nature round him break In ruin and confusion hurl'd, She unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world." On which lines... | |
| British poets - 1822 - Počet stránok 304
...and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of Nature round him In ruin and confusion hurl'd, [break, He, unconcern'd, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world.' Such were the godlike arts that led Bright Pollux to the bless'd abodes; Such did for great Alcides... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - Počet stránok 454
...again, Thron'd in the centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines ! NOTES. " Should the whole frame of Nature round him break In ruin and confusion hurl'd, She unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world." On which lines... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - Počet stránok 452
...again, Thron'd in the centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines ! NOTES. " Should the whole frame of Nature round him break In ruin and confusion hurl'd, She unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world." On which lines... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - Počet stránok 762
...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,...crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. ANON. THERE is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice. Most of the other virtues are the virtues... | |
| James Ferguson - 1823 - Počet stránok 380
...441. SATURDAY, JULY 2<5, 1712. Sifrneius illabatur orbts, Impuvidum ferient ruina. HOB. 3 Od. HÌ..T. Should the whole frame of nature round him break,...mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. ANOK. MAN, considered in himself, is a very helpless and a very wretched being. He is subject every... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - Počet stránok 924
...of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the iky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break,...mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. Rl The vanity of fear may be yet further illustrated if we reflect, First, What we fear may not come... | |
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