| James Ewell - 1827 - 868 oldal
...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,...wonderful is man! How passing wonder He who made him such! Who center'd in our make such strange extreme^'. From different natures, marvellously mixed! An heir... | |
| General reader - 1827 - 246 oldal
...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,...is 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 oldal
...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,...is Man ! How passing wonder HE, who made him such ! Who centred in our make such strange extremes; From different natures marvellously mix'd ! Connexion... | |
| 1828 - 398 oldal
...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... | |
| John Ryland - 1828 - 534 oldal
...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 Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 oldal
...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,... | |
| Thomas Whowell - 1829 - 296 oldal
...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... | |
| Christian Mariner, Christian mariner - 1829 - 290 oldal
...led to admire the wisdom of that Being, " who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working." " How august, How complicate, how wonderful is man ! How passing wonder He, who made him such!" A ship is very capacious; so is man. Some ships are, literally speaking, floating cities, and are capable... | |
| William Holland Wilmer - 1829 - 258 oldal
...Genesis vi. 5. Eccles. ix. 3. Job xiv. 1. 4. Romans Hi- W33. li. Psalm. Fccles. vii. 10. Isaiah i. 6. "How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, "How complicate, how wonderful is man." Generosity, gratitude, fidelity, and the exercise of many high and heroic virtues between man and man;... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 oldal
...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...wonderful is man ! How passing wonder He who made him such ! Who center'd in our make such strange extreme*, From different natures marvellously mix'd, Connexion... | |
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