 The universe at large would suffer as little in its splendour and variety by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf.  The life of Alexander Duff - Page 22by George Smith - 1879Full view - About this book
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 412 pages
...universe at large would suffer as little in its splendour and variety by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf. The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident.... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Classical poetry - 1827 - 404 pages
...universe at large would suffer as little in its splendour and variety by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf. The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident.... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 408 pages
...universe at large would suffer as little in its splendour and variety by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf. The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident.... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 494 pages
...universe at large would suffer as little in its splendour and variety by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf. The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident.... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Classical poetry - 1827 - 402 pages
...universe at large would suffer as little in its splendour and variety by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf. The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident.... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Presbyterian Church - 1829 - 424 pages
...univere at large would suffer as little, in its splendour and variety, by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf. The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident.... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Presbyterian Church - 1829 - 420 pages
...univere at largo would suffer as little, in its splendour and variety, by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf. The leal' quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident.... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Presbyterian Church - 1830 - 484 pages
...at large would suffer as little, in its splendour and variety, by the destruction of our planet, at the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf. The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident.... | |
 | Alexander Copland - 1832 - 586 pages
...universe at large would suffer as little in its splendour and variety by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf." — Dr. CHALMERS. unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men." — "But... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Presbyterian Church - 1833 - 512 pages
...universe at large would suffer as little, in its splendour and variety, by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf. The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident.... | |
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