 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...  Moral essays - Page 27by Alexander Pope - 1751Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...reach ; from infinite to thee ; From thee to nothing — On superior powers. Were we to press, interior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'dt From Nature's chain whatever link yon strike, Tenth, or ten... | |
 | Samuel Shuckford - History, Ancient - 1808 - 428 pages
...And, little less than angel, would be more ? • on superior powers Were we to press, inferior must on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd. The gen'ral order since the whole began, Is kept in nature,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...can reach ; from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing. — On superior pow'il' \Vere we to press, A A A A A{; U'hcre, one step broken, the great scale's destroy 'd : . • From Nature's chain whatever link you... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...reach ; from infinite to the^ ' "isom thee to nothing. On superior pow K» . . , 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 yovi stnke, Tenth, or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...can reach ; from Infinite to thee, 240 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 yon strike, Tenth, or... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1811 - 286 pages
...man ; Eeaft, bird, fifh, infect, what no eye can fee,. No glafs can reach ; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. On fuperior pow'rs. Were we to prefs, inferior might on ours i Or in the full creation leave a void, Were, one ftep broken, the great fcale's deftroy'd : From nature's... | |
 | Daniel Staniford - Elocution - 1814 - 254 pages
...eye can fee, No glafs can reach ; from infinite to thee ; From thee to nothing On iuperior pow*r» Were we to prefs, inferior might on ours : Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one flep broken, the great fcale's deffroy'd ; From nature's chain whatever link you ftrike, Tenth, or... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1815 - 262 pages
...no eye can fee, No glafs can reach; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. On fuperior powers Were we to prefs, inferior might on ours ; Or in the...creation leave a void, Where, one ftep broken, the great Icale's deflroy'dj From nature's chain whatever link you ftrike, Tenth or ten thoufandth, breaks the... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - Science - 1815 - 616 pages
...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, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd. From nature's chain, whatever link you strike, Tenth, or... | |
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