 | John Campbell Colquhoun - 1836 - 454 pages
...organism ? When engaged in such contemplation, who would not feel disposed to exclaim with the poet : " 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... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1833 - 594 pages
...accelerate this grand consummation of our destiny. 4 Young's impressive lines have this allusion : — ' How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man ! Connexion exquisite of distant worlds ! Midway from nothing, to the Deity ! A beam ethereal,... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pages
...capacities and predestined associations. Man, then, is a being of extremes, as nobly sings the poet, — *' How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man ! How pairing wonder HE who made him such ! \Vho centered in our make such strange extremes... | |
 | 1838 - 938 pages
...throughout the whole range of the and sustained. The vast wings of the creation of English genius ? " How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man ! How passing wonder HZ who made him such ! Who centred in our make such strange extremes !... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1839 - 416 pages
...certainty of them, to all who can contemplate them, * Young's impressive lines have this allusion :— 11 How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man ! Connexion exquisite of distant worlds ! Midway from nothing, to the Deity ! A beam ethereal,... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 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 !... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1838 - 540 pages
...the exclusive "study of mankind is man." But what an inexhaustible and incomprehensible theme rtna.nl "How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful ia man! Connexion exquisite of distant worlds! Distinguish 'd link in being's endless chain! Midway... | |
 | Rembrandt Peale - 1839 - 276 pages
...nation is awful by its wisdom, tremendous by its arms, lovely by its intellectual arts. P. Hoare. MAN. . 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 !... | |
 | Christian - 1840 - 312 pages
...whom we bend the knee. Creator, Father, Friend to me, And God of endless days. CONTRARIETIES IN MAN. 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... | |
 | Christian - 1840 - 318 pages
...whom we bend the knee, Creator, Father, Friend to me, And God of endless days. CONTRARIETIES IN MAN. 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! 
