 | 1729 - 314 pages
...have occurred to my Memory upon writing this Paper, I will conclude it with a little Perftan Pable. A Drop of Water fell out of a Cloud into the Sea, and finding it felf loft in fuch an Immenfity of fluid Matter, broke out into the following Reflection i ' Alas!... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 540 pages
...Addison. A drop of water, we are told by a Persian fable, fell out of a cloud into the sea, and find-* ing itself lost in such an immensity of fluid matter, broke out into the following reflexion. Alas ! what an insignificant creature am I, in this prodigious ocean of waters ; my existence... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1796 - 210 pages
...fable. A drop of water fell out of a cloud into the fea, and finding itfelf loft in fuch an immenfity of fluid matter, broke out into the following reflection: Alas ! what an infignificant creature am I in this prodigious ocean of waters ; my exiftence is of no concern to the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 402 pages
...fable. A drop of water fell out of a cloud into the fea, and finding itfelf loft in fuch an immenfity of fluid matter, broke out into the following reflection : ' Alas ! ' what an infignificant creature am I in ' this prodigious ocean of waters ! My ex' iftence is of no concern... | |
 | 1803 - 412 pages
...have occurred to my memory upon writing this paper, I will conclude it with a little Persian fable. A drop of water fell out of a cloud into the sea,...out into the following reflection : ' Alas ! What an inconsiderable creature am I in this prodigious ocean of waters! My existence is of no concern to the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...have occurred to my me'mory upon writing this paper, I will conclude it with a little Persian fable. A drop of water fell out of a cloud into the sea,...out into the following reflection : " Alas ! what an inconsiderable creature am I in this prodigious ocean of waters ! my existence is of no concern to... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...prudence, have no share in our advancements. This truth is illustrated in a little Persian fable. — A drop of water fell out of a cloud into the sea,...out into the following; reflection : ' Alas! what an inconsiderable creature am I in this prodigious ocean of waters ! My existence is of no concern to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 304 pages
...have occurred to my memory upon writing this paper, I will conclude it with a little Persian fable. A drop of water fell out of a cloud into the sea, and finding itself lost in ''•' Timothens the Athenian. See Shaw's edit, of JL. Bacon's \Vorks, 4to. vol. ip 219, such an immensity... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 302 pages
...finding itself lost in * Timothens the Athenian. See Shaw's edit, of L, Bacon'* Works, 4to. vol. ip 219. such an immensity of fluid matter, broke out into the following reflection: ' Alas ! What an * inconsiderable creature am I in this prodigious ocean of waters! My existence is of no concern to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 312 pages
...have occurred to my memory upon writing this paper, I will conclude it with a little Persian fable. A drop of water fell out of a cloud into the sea,...out into the following reflection : ' Alas ! What an "inconsiderable creature am I in this prodigious ocean of waters ! My existence is of no concern to... | |
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Alas ! What an inconsiderable creature am I in this prodigious ocean of waters ! My existence is of no concern to the universe ; I am reduced to a kind of nothing, and am less than the least of the works of God. 
