 Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee; From thee to nothing — On superior...  Plants, the earth & mineralsby Charles Baker - 1866Snippet view - About this book
 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1789 - 482 pages
...glais can reach ; from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing. — On fuperior pow'rs Were we to prefs, inferior might on ours ; Or in the full 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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...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... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 pages
...cilencc, fyirit, fubftance» nun. D From From thee to Nothing — On fuperior powers Were we to prefs, inferior might on ours; Or in the full Creation leave a void, Where, one ftep broken, the great fcale 's deftroy'J: From Nature's chain whatever link you flrike, Tenth, or... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...glafs can reach ; from Infinite to thee, From thcc to Nothing. — On fupcrior pow'rs Were we to prefs, k far no lefs than death. Her. ftcp broken, the great fcalc's deftroy'd : From Nature's chain whatever link you ftrike, Tenth, orten-thoufandth,... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - German literature - 1792 - 342 pages
...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 - 352 pages
...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*... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1793 - 274 pages
...Infinite to thee, ' Vol. II. 5. B From From ihee to Nothirtg.— -On fuperior po\v'rs Were we to prefs, inferior might on ours : Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one flep. broken, the great feale's deflroy'd : From nature's chain whatever link you flrike, Tenth, or... | |
 | 1796 - 246 pages
...glafs can reach ; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing —On fuperior pow'rs Were we to prefs, inferior might on ours : Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one ftep broken, the great fcale 's deftroy'd .. From Nature's chain whatever link you ftrike, Tenth, or... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...can reach ; from Infinite to thce, From thce to Nothing. — On fupcrior pow'rs Were x\e to prefs, inferior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one ttep broken, the great fcale 's deft roy M : From Nature's chain whatever link you ftiike, Tenth, or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...began; Natures aethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. — On superior pow'rs Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step... | |
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