 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...  The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Moral essays - Page 19by Alexander Pope - 1752Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...reach ; from infinite to thee ; 240 From thee to nothing. — On superior powers Were we to press, If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to he the pro step broken, the great scale's destroy'd : From nature's chain whatever link yon strike, Tenth, or... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 244 pages
...from infinite'to thee, R 2 From thee to nothing. — On superiour pow'rs Were we to press, inferiour 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... | |
 | Samuel B. EMMONS - 1832 - 168 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...glass 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 : 553 'Twixt that and reason what a nice barrier ! So nice,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...reach ; from infinite to thee ; 240 From thee to nothing. — On superior powers Were we to press, partners of my woes, 190 Attend while I what heaven foredooms disclose. H htep hroken, the great scale's destroy'd : From nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1838 - 444 pages
...feiner Süiortc fd)lie|Tcn (aßt. i. S3r. S- 235. — — — On fuperlor pow'rs Were we to prcfs, inferior might on ours: Or in the full creation leave a Void. Sie @форГчшд nebin lie ift ibin nur beg wegen voll, weil alle @rabc barinn befegt finb. Unb... | |
 | Edward Newman - 1841 - 316 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 destroyed; From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth or ten... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1842 - 358 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 destroyed : From Nature's chain whatever link you strike. Tenth, or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1844 - 94 pages
...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 destroyed : From nature's chain, whatever link you strike, 245 Tenth,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 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 destroyed : From nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or... | |
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