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...too.—Life of Plutarch. Addwon, born 1664, died 1721. Man, considered in himself, is a very helpless and very wretched being. He is subject every moment to...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,...

...town of his nativity. Economy, prudently and temperately conducted, is the safeguard of many virtues. Man, considered in himself, is a very helpless and a very wretched being. The happiness allotted to man in his present state, is indeed pain and toil compared with his immortal...

...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,...mighty crack," And stand secure amidst a falling world. • Crack. Plainly used here for the sake of the rhyme; for the poet knew very well that the word was...

...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,...mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world.' First, What we fear may not come to pass. No human scheme can be so accurately projected, but some...

...Yours, &c.' C. No. 441. SATURDAY, JULY 26. Impavidumferient ruirwe, HOR. OD. Sifractus illabatus orbis, Should the whole frame of nature round him break,...would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a fallen world. ANON. MAN, considered in himself, is a very helpless and a very wretched being: he is...

...period: — 1. From the Spectator, by Addison.—*'Man. considered in himself, is a very helpless and very wretched being. He is subject every moment to...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,...

...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, He, unconcern'd, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world.' First,...

...Horace,— "Sifractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae." [Or rather to Addison's version— " Should the whole frame of Nature round him break,...crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world."] 12 [In first edit.— " Scribblers, like spiders, break one cobweb through, Still spin," &c. There...

...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,...hurl'd, He, unconcern'd, would hear the mighty crack, a And stand secure amidst a falling world. a Orach Plainly used here for the sake of the rhyme ; for...