 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
 | Daniel Staniford - 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...a void, Where, one flep broken, the great fcale's deffroy'd ; From nature's chain whatever link you ftrike, Tenth, or ten thoufandth, breaks the chain... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 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 full 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... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - 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... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 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, ene step broken, the great scale's destroy'd : From Nature's chain whatever link yon strike. Tenth... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...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 - 1821 - 86 pages
...reach ; from infinite to thee, . 240 From thee to nothing — On superior pow'rs 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, 245 Tenth,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 268 pages
...glass can reach ; from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing. — On superior pow'rs Were we to press, inferior might on ours : Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, thé great scale's destroy'd From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenlh, or ten... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pages
...glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. On superior pow'rs 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 - 1822 - 370 pages
...whether they are animal or vegetable. From thee to Nothing. — On superior pow'rs 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, 245 Tenth,... | |
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