 | English literature - 1804 - 844 pages
...constitution. I could not refrain from adoptiag the language of Dr. Young, and exclaiming, in parody, — ' How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful are Britons! How [lining wonder they who made them such, Who center'd in their make such strange aitremes Wdifierent... | |
 | Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...eternity ! how surely mine ! 65 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 ! 70 Who center'd in our make such strange extremes!... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1802 - 412 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 centred in our make such strange extremes !... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 416 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 centred in our make such strange extremes !... | |
 | Edward Young - English literature - 1802 - 402 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 centred in our make such strange extremes!... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 416 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 centred in our make such strange extremes! From... | |
 | James Burgh - 1804 - 312 pages
...alarm' d, and o'er life's narrow verge \ Look down-— on what /> — A fathomless abyss. Admiration How poor, how rich, how abject, how august > How complicate, how wonderful is wzara / How passing wonder He, who ?««<&• him such ! Who centered in our make such strange extremes,... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1805 - 238 pages
...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 centred in our make such strange extremes From... | |
 | John Wilkes - 1805 - 348 pages
...the arret get to Heaven at last, but I once thought he would have lain in the focus of — — . " How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man ! How passing wonder He, who made him such !" LETTER LXXII. Isle of Wight, Friday, Dec. 19,... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 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 extremes ! From... | |
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How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man! 
