 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...  Essai sur l'homme - Seite 16von Alexander Pope - 1850 - 82 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Jacques D. Du Perron - 1805 - 320 Seiten
...can see, No glass can reach, from infinite to thee ! From Nature's chain, whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike....not all That system only, but the whole must fall. Again : Look round our world : behold the chain of love Combining all below, and all above. Nothing... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 Seiten
...the great scale's destroy'd : From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten-thousaudth, breaks the chain alike. And if each system in gradation roll, Alike essential to the' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole, must fall.... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 Seiten
...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....each system in gradation roll, Alike essential to the' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 Seiten
...Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'dt From Nature's chain whatever link yon strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike....each system in gradation roll, Alike essential to the' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 Seiten
...Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd : From Nature's chain whatever link yon strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike....not all That system only, but the whole must fall TO Let Karth nnbalanc'd from her orbit fly, Planets and suns run lawless through the sky ; Let ruling... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 Seiten
...thousandth, breaks the chain aUKfAnd, if each system in gradation roll, Alike essential to th' amaztng whola. The least confusion but in one, not all That system...unbalanc'd, from her orbit fly, Planets and suns run lawless through the sky; Let ruling angels from their spheres be hurl d, Beingon being wreck'd, and world on... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 Seiten
...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 gradation rol| Alike essential to th" amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only,... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 454 Seiten
...the highest to the lowest, would unavoidably be attended with the destruction of the Universe : For if each system in gradation roll, Alike essential...Earth unbalanc'd from her orbit fly, Planets and Suns rush lawless thro' the sky : Let ruling Angels from their spheres be hurl'd, Being on being wreck'd,... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 Seiten
...unavoidably be attended with the destruction of the Universe ; For if each system in gradation roll,Alike essential to th' amazing whole ; The least confusion...Earth unbalanc'd from her orbit fly, Planets and Suns rush lawless thro' the sky : Let ruling Angels from their spheres be hurl'd, Being on being wreck'd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 Seiten
...Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd : From nature's chain whatever link you strike, 245 Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks' the chain alike....The least confusion but in one, not all That system onjy, but the whole must fall. 250 Let earth unbalanc'd from her orbit fly, Planets and stars run lawless... | |
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