 | William Holland Wilmer - 1829 - 258 lehte
...Genesis vi. 5. Eccles. ix. 3. Job xiv. 1. 4. Romans Hi- W33. li. Psalm. Fccles. vii. 10. Isaiah i. 6. "How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, "How complicate, how wonderful is man." Generosity, gratitude, fidelity, and the exercise of many high and heroic virtues between man and man;... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 lehte
...done ! My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what ? A fathomless abyss. A dread eternity ! how surely mine...man ! How passing wonder He who made him such ! Who center'd in our make such strange extreme*, From different natures marvellously mix'd, Connexion exquisite... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 lehte
...life's narrow verge Look down — on what 1 A fathomless abyss. A dread eternity ! how surely mine 1 on before me. and sorrow behind " О pity, great Father of Light," honr? О time ! than gold more earred ; more a load Than lead to fools, and fools reputed wise. What... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 lehte
...done ! my hopes and fears Start up alarmed', and o'er life's narrow verge Look down' — On what' ? a fathomless abyss' ! A dread eternity' ! How surely...How passing' wonder HE', who made' him such ? Who centred in our make', such strange extremes' ? From different natures marvellously' mixt, Connexion... | |
 | Edward Young, William Danby - 1832 - 306 lehte
...to go on with these thoughts and aspirations, till he comes to the following general reflections: " How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate,...man ! How passing wonder He, who made him such ! Who center'd in his make such strange extremes!" * » * * » " O what a miracle to man is man, Triumphantly... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 lehte
...and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow Terge, Look down-on what ? A fathomless abyss ; 10 A dread eternity ! How surely mine ! And can eternity...to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour? O Time .' than gold more sacred ; more a load Though the four winds were warring for my Yes, and from... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1832 - 430 lehte
...feelings — the thoughts—and the powers of.our. (3) Yioung's impressive lines have this allusion:— "How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man ! Connection exquisite of distant worlds ! Midway from nothing, to the Deity! 4.' beam ethereal, sullied... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 274 lehte
...taken a kingdom from Augustus, I have kept nothing to F self." LESSON FORTY-SIXTH. The Human Paradox. How poor! how rich! how abject! how august! How complicate!...man! How passing wonder HE who made him such! Who centred in our make such strange extremes! From different natures, marvellously mixed, Connexion exquisite... | |
 | Lady Catherine Pollock Manners Stepney - 1833 - 324 lehte
...its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate,...wonderful, is man ! How passing wonder He who made him such !'" These lines were enunciated with deep sensibility, as he viewed the brilliant theatre, contrasted... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 286 lehte
...be done! my hopes and fears Start up alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what? a fathomless abyss; A dread eternity! how surely mine!...to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour? 'LESSON FORTY-NINTH. Heroism of a Peasant. A great inundation having taken place in the north of Italy,... | |
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How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man! 
