 Vast chain of being! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing.  Human Physiology - Page 33by Robley Dunglison - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Douglas K. Candland - History - 1993 - 432 pages
...us, knowingly or not, as Alexander Pope writes: Vast chain of being! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. — From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth... | |
 | Peter J. Bowler - Nature - 1993 - 676 pages
...Alexander Pope wrote in his Essay on Man4: Vast Chain of Being! which from God began. Natures aetherial, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see. No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee. From thee to nothing. - On superior pow'rs Were we to press, inferior might... | |
 | G. A. Rosso - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 220 pages
...centered by the metaphor of the chain. Vast chain of being, which from God began, Natures aethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect! what no eye can see, No glass can reach! . . . Where, one step broken the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike,... | |
 | Dikka Berven - 1995 - 456 pages
...deep extend below! Vast chain of Being! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, inan, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thec to Nothing. — On superior powers Were we to press, inferior might... | |
 | Corinna Ruth - Study Aids - 2013 - 148 pages
...possible destruction of the natural order. Vast chain of being! which from God began, Natures aethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see,... Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroyed... Shakespeare sets the scene for this disorder... | |
 | Andrea K. Henderson - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 230 pages
...structure of the Great Chain of Being: Vast chain of Being, which from God began, Natures aethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect! what no eye can see, No glass can reach! from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing. - On superior pow'rs Were we to press, inferior might... | |
 | Preben Mortensen - Art - 1997 - 230 pages
...(1733-34) w e have a clear expression of this order: Vast chain of Being! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing. . . . From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth... | |
 | Eugenio Spedicato - Philosophy - 1997 - 200 pages
...vedere la catena che tutto tiene, quella Vast chain of Being, which from God began, Natures aethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect! what no eye can see, No glass can reach! from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing! (I, 237-41)". Il mito della «grande catena dell'essere»... | |
 | William Bowman Piper - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 212 pages
...vast chain of being, all of which God supports as one general entity, is composed, Pope asserts, of "angel, man, / Beast, bird, fish, insect! What no eye can see, / No glass can reach," thus acknowledging the subcategories of being in appropriate order. Throughout the poem, he gives a... | |
 | Nicole Casanova - 476 pages
...Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of Beeing, which from God began. Nature a?thereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect ! what no eye can see, No glass can reach ! from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing ! — On superior pow'rs Were we to press, inferior might... | |
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