 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - Страниц: 342
...eternity ! How surely mine ! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour? How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate,...strange extremes ! From different natures marvellously mixt, Connexion exquisite of distant worlds! Distinguished link in being's endless chain ! Midway from... | |
 | Jeremiah Whitaker Newman - 1838 - Страниц: 388
...How centred in his make, such strange extremes, Of different natures marvellously mix'd : Connexion exquisite of distant worlds, Distinguish'd link in...being's endless chain, Midway from nothing to the Deity ; An heir of glory, a frail child of dust ! Helpless, immortal, insect, infinite ! A worm, a god !... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1839 - Страниц: 416
...certainty of them, to all who can contemplate them, * Young's impressive lines have this allusion :— 11 How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man ! Connexion exquisite of distant worlds ! Midway from nothing, to the Deity ! A beam ethereal, sully'd... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1838 - Страниц: 540
...the exclusive "study of mankind is man." But what an inexhaustible and incomprehensible theme rtna.nl "How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful ia man! Connexion exquisite of distant worlds! Distinguish 'd link in being's endless chain! Midway... | |
 | Rembrandt Peale - 1839 - Страниц: 276
...nation is awful by its wisdom, tremendous by its arms, lovely by its intellectual arts. P. Hoare. MAN. . How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate,...strange extremes ! From different natures, marvellously mixed, Connexion exquisite of different worlds ! Distinguished link in being's endless chain ! Midway... | |
 | 1883 - Страниц: 998
...Whole pages may be described as an expansion of those vigorous lines in Young's Night Thoughts : — "How poor, how rich, — how abject, how august,— How complicate, how wonderful, is Man!" Pascal puts this paradox in the figure of a self-conscious and sentient reed, — a figure which, after... | |
 | H. N. Fairchild - 2010 - Страниц: 428
...pessimistic and exuberantly optimistic; he preaches the nothingness of man, and elevates him to the stars:" How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man! Helpless immortal ! insect infinite! A worm! a god!" For some inexplicable reason both Young's contemporaries... | |
 | 1925 - Страниц: 1072
...innumerable passages that appeal to the heart as well as to the intellect. I may select the following : How poor, how rich, how abject, how august. How complicate,...passing wonder He who made him such ! Who centred in one make such strong extremes ! From different natures marvellously mixt. Connexion exquisite of distant... | |
 | Royall Tyler - 1970 - Страниц: 234
...constitution! I could not refrain from adopting the language of Doctor Young, and exclaiming in parody, How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful are Britons! How passing wonder they who made them such, Who center 'd in their make such strange extremes... | |
 | 1925 - Страниц: 1028
...innumerable passages that appeal to the heart as well as to the intellect. I may select the following : How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate,...passing wonder He who made him such ! Who centred in one make such strong extremes ! From different natures marvellously mixt, Connexion exquisite of distant... | |
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How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man ! How passing wonder HE, who made him such... 
