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" How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man! How passing wonder He who made him such, Who centred in our make such strange extremes! "
Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight - Page 178
by Half hours - 1856
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The Complaint: Or, Night-thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: To which ...

Edward Young - Apologetics - 1756 - 430 pages
...fathomlefs Abyfs-; .' A dread Eternity ! how furely mine ! And can Eternity belong to me, Poor Penfioner on the Bounties of an Hour ? How poor, how rich, how abject, how auguft, How complicate, how wonderful, is Man ? How paffing Wonder HE, who made him fuch ? Who centred...
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The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ..., Volume 35

English literature - 1804 - 844 pages
...constitution. I could not refrain from adoptiag the language of Dr. Young, and exclaiming, in parody, — ' How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful are Britons! How [lining wonder they who made them such, Who center'd in their make such strange aitremes...
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Night Thoughts

Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...fathomless abyss; A dread eternity ! how surely mine ! 65 And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour? How poor, how rich, how...is Man ! How passing wonder HE, who made him such ! 70 Who center'd in our make such strange extremes! From different natures marvellously mix'd, Connection...
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Englische Miscellen, Volumes 5-8

Johann Christian Hüttner - 1801 - 962 pages
...:n. 3d) fennte mid) nid)t entbalten , фоипд'е SBorte 54 borgen unb in einer ^arobie anzurufen : How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate , how wonderful are Britons ! How passing wonder they who made them such ! Who center'd in their mike such strange...
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Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...fathomless abyss ; A dread eternity! how surely mine! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour ? How poor, how rich, how...make such strange extremes ! From difFrent natures marvelously mixt, Connexion exquisite of distant worlds ! Distinguish'd link in being's endless chain...
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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts, Volume 2

Edward Young - English literature - 1802 - 402 pages
...fathomless abyss; A dread eternity! how surely mine! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour ? How poor, how rich, how...make such strange extremes! From diff'rent natures marvelously mixt, Connexion exquisite of distant worlds ! Distinguish'd link in being's endless chain!...
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Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - English poetry - 1802 - 412 pages
...fathomless abyss ; A dread eternity ! how surely mine ! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour ? How poor, how rich, how...make such strange extremes ! From difFrent natures marvelously mixt, Connexion exquisite of distant worlds ! Distinguish'd link in being's endless chain...
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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts, Volume 2

Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...fathomless abyss; A dread eternity! how surely mine! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour ? How poor, how rich, how...Who centred in our make such strange extremes! From difPrent natures marvelously mixt, Connexion exquisite of distant worlds! Distinguish'd link in being's...
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The Art of Speaking: Containing, an Essay, in which are Given Rules for ...

James Burgh - Elocution - 1804 - 308 pages
...alarm d, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what f — A fathomless abyss. Admiration THov? poor, how rich, how abject, how august* How complicate,...man ! How passing wonder He, who made him such ! Who center'd in our make such strange ex.tr ernes, From diff' rent natures marvellously mixty Connexion...
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The Art of Speaking: Containing. An Essay, in which are Given Rules for ...

James Burgh - 1804 - 312 pages
...alarm' d, and o'er life's narrow verge \ Look down-— on what /> — A fathomless abyss. Admiration How poor, how rich, how abject, how august > How complicate, how wonderful is wzara / How passing wonder He, who ?««<&• him such ! Who centered in our make such strange extremes,...
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