 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
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...bursting into birth. Above, how high progressive life may go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of Being ! which from God began, Nature's...Insect — what no eye can see, No glass can reach, from infinite to Thee, From Thee to nothing. SCENES must be beautiful which daily view'd Please daily,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 pages
...go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being ! which from God began ; Natures ethereal, human angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can sec, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. — On superior powers Were... | |
 | Miss Grace Sciencia (pseud.) - Eccentric literature - 1858 - 400 pages
...into a systematic science. Man, the head of a "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; yes, to redeem man from the mere position of an automaton, and give him his true position, the greatest... | |
 | Ernest A. Menze, Karl Menges - Literary Criticism - 2010 - 365 pages
...following passage from Pope's Essay on Man l:237ff., "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." 130. "humans for trees": Allusion to St. Mark 8:22-24.... | |
 | Samuel Anthony Barnett - Psychology - 1988 - 410 pages
...before. 6 Evolution and natural selection Vast chain of being! which from God began, Nature's aetherial, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach . . . From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike.... | |
 | Charles Taylor - Philosophy - 1992 - 628 pages
...tradition, he sees it as a "great chain of being": 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. Or again: All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose... | |
 | Reinhold Grimm, Jost Hermand - Art - 1989 - 136 pages
...go! / Around, how wide! how deep extend below! / 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.—On superior powers / Were we to press, inferior might... | |
 | Paola Colaiacomo - Philosophy - 1989 - 404 pages
...conflitto. Se ancora Pope poteva dire: «Vast chain of being! which from God began Natures aethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike»12,... | |
 | David Carroll - Art - 1990 - 344 pages
...importantly, sought to keep everything in its place. 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. On superior powers Were we to press, inferior might on... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...lives along the line: (Fr. Epistle I) 72 Vast chain of Being, which from God began. Natures aethereal, arn and stack and tree. Farewell to Severn shore. Terence, look your last at me, For I from Infinite to thee. From thee to Nothing! — (Fr. Epistle I) 73 From Nature's chain whatever link... | |
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