 | 1849 - 512 pages
...necessary part. Just so is it in the moral world. No man stands alone, nor high angel, nor child. All the beings lessening down from Infinite perfection to the brink of dreary nothing, belong to a system of mutual dependencies. All and each constitute and enjoy a part of the world's... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 pages
...is - in the moral - world. — No man - stands - alone, - nor - high - angel, nor - child. All the beings - " lessening down - from Infinite perfection - to the brink - of dreary - nothing," belong - to a system - of mutual - dependencies. All - and - each - constitute - and - enjoy - a part... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - 1850 - 476 pages
...connected. But, " Lives the man whose universal eye Has swept at once the unbounded scheme of things'? Has any seen The mighty chain of beings, lessening...perfection, to the brink Of dreary nothing, desolate abyss?" This idea of a regular chain of beings, presenting itself with such grandeur and simplicity, has had... | |
 | Elihu Burritt - 1850 - 134 pages
...necessary part. Just so it is in the moral world. No man stands alone, nor high angel, nor child. All the beings, "lessening down from Infinite Perfection to the brink of dreary nothing," belong to a system of mutual dependencies. All and each constitute and enjoy a part of the world's... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1851 - 854 pages
...dependence so, and tirm accord, As with unfaltering accent to conclude That '/,r- availeth naught? Has any seen The mighty chain of beings, lessening...Perfection to the brink Of dreary nothing, desolate abyss ! From which ftstoniah'd thought, recoiling, tarns ? Till then, alone let zealous praise ascend, And... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
...the whole. And lives the man, whose universal eye las swept at once th' unbounded scheme of things : ong : For Death from Sin no power can sepamte. But,...thy power and mine Not unagreeable, to found a path ! "mm which astonish 'd thought, recoiling, turns? Till then alone let zealous praise ascend, And hymns... | |
 | 1852 - 880 pages
...dependence so, and firm accord, As with unfaltering accent to conclude That tl'is availeth naught! Has any seen The mighty chain of beings, lessening...Perfection to the brink Of dreary nothing, desolate abyss ! From which astonish'd thought, recoiling, turns ' Till then, alone let zealous praise ascend, And... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - 1852 - 510 pages
...eye Has swept ttt once the unbounded scheme of things ! Has any seen The might;! eliain of beingt, lessening down From infinite perfection, to the brink Of dreary nothing, desolate abyss !" 332. This idea of a regular chain of beings, presenting itself with such grandeur and simplicity,... | |
 | 1852 - 432 pages
...part. Just so it is in the moral world. No man stands alone — nor high angel, nor child. All the beings " lessening down from infinite perfection to the brink of dreary nothing," belong to a system of mutual dependencies. All and each constitute and enjoy a part of the world's... | |
 | James Thomson, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 408 pages
...whole ! And lives the man, whose universal eye Has swept at once th' unbounded scheme of things ; sso Mark'd their dependence so, and firm accord, As with...to the brink Of dreary nothing — desolate abyss ! From which astonish'd thought, recoiling, turns ? Till then alone let zealous praise ascend, And... | |
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Has any seen The mighty chain of beings, lessening down From Infinite Perfection to the brink Of dreary nothing, desolate abyss ! From which astonish'd thought, recoiling, turns ? Till then alone let zealous praise ascend, And hymns of holy wonder, to... 
