 | Alexander Pope - 1926 - 306 lehte
...refers to Horace, Odes, III. 3, but he was really ridiculing Addison's translation of the Passage: "Should the whole frame of Nature round him break,...mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world." 98. Henley. "This alludes to Henley, commonly called Orator Henley, who declaimed on Sundays on religious... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1895 - 596 lehte
...illabatur orbis ' and the next line will be a sufficient sample ; its main fault is undue expansion : — ' Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.' Swift could not... | |
 | Sarah Fielding - 2002 - 524 lehte
...Tickell offers a description of 'a just good Man' from the classical poet Horace, including the lines: Should the whole Frame of Nature round him break, In Ruin and Confusion hurl'd, He, unconcem'd, would hear the mighty Crack, And stand secure amidst a falling World. The modern editor... | |
 | James W. Komarnicki - 2004 - 322 lehte
...skeptical, tenuous, unconvinced, undependable, unguarded, unprotected, unsafe, unsure, vulnerable Quotes: Should the whole frame of Nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. (Joseph... | |
 | Kathryn Hilgenkamp - 2005 - 406 lehte
...O'Hare, G. (1982). Human impact on the ecosystem. Edinburg, NY: Oliver & Boyd. Humans and Global Issues Should the whole frame of Nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. Joseph... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1926 - 312 lehte
...refers to Horace, Odes, III. 3, but he was really ridiculing Addison's translation of the Passage: "Should the whole frame of Nature round him break,...mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world." 98. Henley. "This alludes to Henley, commonly called Orator Henley, who declaimed on Sundays on religious... | |
 | Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - 1854 - 894 lehte
...nud obstinately just ; Like Tenerirto or Atlas nnrcmovcd, The stubborn virtue of his spirit proved ; Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, Ho unconcerned would view the mighty wreck, And smile secure amidst a falling world. " In more... | |
 | mr Stanly (fict.name.) - 1780 - 268 lehte
...:w Ji craint le .dieu, et je nai point d'autre " crainf\ And the following lines of Mr. Addifon. " Should the whole frame of nature round him break, " In ruin and confufion hurl'd, .. " He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, " And ftand fecure amidft a falling... | |
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Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky. And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd, would hear the mighty crack, And stand... 
