 | John Ryland - 1828 - 534 pages
...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,... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...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, how wonderful is Man ! How passing wonder HE, who made him such ! Who centred in our make such strange extremes;... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...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, how wonderful is man ! How passing wonder, He who made him such. Young. ABJURE', < Ab : juro, to swear from, to ABJURA'TION.... | |
 | Thomas Whowell - 1829 - 296 pages
...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, how wonderful is man: How passing wonder He who made him such.' ' " A worm,—a God II tremble at myself, And in... | |
 | William Holland Wilmer - 1829 - 258 pages
...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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...eternity ! how surely mine ! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour ? How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man ! How passing wonder He who made him such ! Who center'd in our make such strange extreme*,... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...eternity I how surely mine.' And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour ? How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man ! How passing wonder He, who made him such ! Who centered in our make such strange extremes... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...arrear : Nor let tho phial of thy vengeance, poured On this devoted head, be poured in vain. . . . elve good rules, the royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when winter is man ; How passing wouder He who made him such! Who contrcd in our make such strange extremes. From... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1832 - 430 pages
...feelings — the thoughts—and the powers of.our. (3) Yioung's impressive lines have this allusion:— "How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man ! Connection exquisite of distant worlds ! Midway from nothing, to the Deity! 4.' beam ethereal,... | |
 | Edward Young, William Danby - 1832 - 306 pages
...to go on with these thoughts and aspirations, till he comes to the following general reflections: " How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man ! How passing wonder He, who made him such ! Who center'd in his make such strange extremes!"... | |
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How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man! 
