Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in... Poems, Moral, Elegant and Pathetic: Vis. Essay on Man - Strana 141796 - Počet stránok 220Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - Počet stránok 1164
...238. Ed. 1ft. Ethereal cfllnce, fpirit, fubftance, man. D 3 From thee to Nothing. -On fuperior powers Were we to prefs, inferior might on ours ; Or in the...a void, Where, one ftep broken, the great fcale 's deftfoy'd : From Nature's chain whatever link you ftrike, 245 Tenth, or ten thoufandth, breaks the... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1783 - Počet stránok 322
...chain of being ! which from God began, Natures aethereal, human, angel, man, Beaft, bird, fifh, infeft, what no eye can fee, No glafs can reach ; from Infinite...Creation leave a void, Where, one ftep broken, the great fcale's deftroy'd : From Nature's chain whatever link you ftrike, Tenth, or ten thoufandth, breaks... | |
| William Enfield - 1785 - Počet stránok 460
...chain of Being ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human ; angel, man; Beaft, bird, fifh, infeft, what no eye can fee, No glafs can reach ; from Infinite...creation leave a void, Where, one ftep broken, the great fcale's deftroyed 5 From Nature's chain whatever link you ftrike, Tenth or ten thoufandth, breaks the... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1787 - Počet stránok 396
...man, Beaft, bird, fifh, infect, what no eye can fee, No glafs can reach ; from Infinite to thee, 240 From thee to Nothing. — On fuperior pow'rs Were we to prefs, inferior might on ours ; out in the night-time they fet up a loud roar, and then liften to the *>fc made by the beads in their... | |
| William Belsham - 1789 - Počet stránok 482
...began, Natures vethercal, human, angel, man, Beaft, bird, fifli, infect, what no eye can fee, No glais can reach ; from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing....creation leave a void, Where, one ftep broken, the great fcale's deftroved. * Vide Hume's Effays, Vol. I. p. 151. . On On reading the entire pafiage from whence... | |
| William Scott - 1789 - Počet stránok 416
...from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing. — On fuperiour pow'rs « Were we to prefs, inferiour might on ours"; " Or in the full creation leave a void, • Where, one ftep broken, the great fcale's deftroy'd iFrbm Nature's chain whatever link you ftrike, Tscth or ten thoufandth, breaks the... | |
| English poets - 1790 - Počet stránok 398
...i£. Echereal cilencc, fyirit, fubftance» nun. D From From thee to Nothing — On fuperior powers Were we to prefs, inferior might on ours; Or in the...a void, Where, one ftep broken, the great fcale 's deftroy'J: From Nature's chain whatever link you flrike, Tenth, or ten thoufandth, breaks the chain... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - Počet stránok 966
...what no eye can fee. No glafs can reach ; from Infinite to thee, From thcc to Nothing. — On fupcrior pow'rs Were we to prefs, inferior might on ours ; Or in the full Creation leave a void, Where, one ftcp broken, the great fcalc's deftroy'd : From Nature's chain whatever link you ftrike, Tenth, orten-thoufandth,... | |
| Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1792 - Počet stránok 342
...feiner full creation, mie jïdj айв bec aSecbinbung feinec SBorte fc^liegcn lagt. I »C. 3. ïjf. On fuperior pow'rs , Were we to prefs, inferior might on ours : Or. in the full creation leave a Void. • • Sie @(f)6pfung nemlicf) i ft tism nuc bec-iuc* gen voll/ meil äße ©cabe barin befe^t fínb.... | |
| Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1792 - Počet stránok 352
...»erfleht p<st pe unter feiner fidl creation, wie рф auí bet feinet SBorte fd;íicj5cii * ' — Ön fuperior pow'rs Were we to prefs, inferior might on ours : Or in the full creation leave a Void. ¡Die ©empfang Hcmltd) Ifl ¡i)m nut beéwe/ gen »oll, roetl ade ©rabe barin befegt ftnb. Unb btefe*... | |
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