 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 pages
...narrow verge Look down — on what ? a fathomless abyss, A dread eternity, — 6 how surely mine ! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour ? 7 How poor, 8 how rich, 9 how abject, I0 how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man ! II How... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...life's narrow verge Look down—on what ? A fathomless abyss ; A dread eternity ! how surely mine! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the...Who center'd in our make such strange extremes From different natures marvellously mix'd, Connexion exquisite of distant worlds! Distinguish'd link in... | |
 | 1827 - 290 pages
...long arrear. Nor let the vial of thy vengeance pour'd On this dfited head, be pour'd in vain, page 14. How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate,...such ! Who center'd in our make such strange extremes ! p. 15. All, all on earth is shadow, all beyond Is substance; the reverse is folly's creed; How solid... | |
 | James Ewell - 1827 - 868 pages
...that a great nation in the tude of munificence can bestow,; OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN MACHINE. How poor, how rich, how abject, how august; How complicate,...made him such! Who center'd in our make such strange extreme^'. From different natures, marvellously mixed! An heir of glory! a frail child of dust! Helpless... | |
 | General reader - 1827 - 246 pages
...like an angel ! in apprehension how like a God ! the, beauty of the world — the paragon of animals. 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 diff'rent nature, marvellously mixt, Connexion exquisite... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...betray ! Press'd by necessity, they kill for food ; Man undoes man to do himself no good. »'•.«« 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 mix'd ! Connexion exquisite... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pages
...cottage of I may dwell in a palace in heaven. [clay. WATTS. MAN. How poor ! how rich ! how abjeet ! how august ! How complicate ! how wonderful is Man ! How passing wonder he who made him such ' Who centred in our make sudi strange extremes ! From different natures marvellously mixt. Connexion exquisite... | |
 | John Ryland - 1828 - 534 pages
...COR. vi. 13. Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. " How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, how complicate, how wonderful is man ! " When we consider the vast extent of the universe, and the limited period of our existence, how... | |
 | Thomas Whowell - 1829 - 296 pages
...and depravity. How great are thy wonders, how mighty are thy works, and how mean—how low are we, " How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate,...is man: How passing wonder He who made him such.' ' " A worm,—a God II tremble at myself, And in myself am lost. At home a stranger, Thought wanders... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise ' Pope' i Eaay on Criticitm. How poor, how rich, how abject, how august. How complicate,...is man ! How passing wonder, He who made him such. Young. ABJURE', < Ab : juro, to swear from, to ABJURA'TION. ( forswear; to swear; to go away from,... | |
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How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man! 
