 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...and by little and little, that in some beings it may be doubted whether they are animal or vegetable. From thee to Nothing. — On superior pow'rs Were...in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd : FrpmJSature's chain .whatever link you strike, 245 Tenth, or... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Arminianism - 1840 - 1122 pages
...no eye can see, No glass can reach j from Infinite to Thee, From Thee to nothing. On superior powers 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,... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...eye can see, No glass can reach ; from Infinite to thee ; From thee to nothing.—On superior powers Were we to press, inferior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave a void, [stroy'd: Where, one step broken, the great scale 's deFrom Nature's chain whatever link you strike,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pages
...Perfection, as we see from us they gradually descend downward." Vol. ii. p. 4. Bowles. Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach...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, 245 Tenth, or ten... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 424 pages
...Perfection, as we see from us they gradually descend downward." Vol. ii. p. 4. Bowles. Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach...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, 245 Tenth, or ten... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1824 - 84 pages
...2* Vast chain of being; ! which from God began, Nature's ethereal, human, angel, man, . Beast, bird, fish, insect ! what no eye can see, No glass can reach...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, 245 Tenth, or ten... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 pages
...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...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... | |
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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... 
