 | Byron Robinson - 1907 - 682 pages
...towers, the gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples, the great globe itself, yea all which it inherits shall dissolve and, like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind." — William Shakespeare's epitaph, written by his own hand, placed on his statue in... | |
 | John Warwick Daniel - 1911 - 806 pages
...the sun does not gild it with his beams, and The great globe itself, Yea. all that it inhabits, would dissolve, And like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind if, for one instant, that Immortal hand that called it forth from chaos were to cease... | |
 | 1827 - 506 pages
...And at the end of all sublunary things, when " The solemn temples, The great globe itself, and all which it inherit, Shall dissolve ; and like the baseless fabric Of a vision, leave not a wreck behind ;" this hallowed edifice will inherit a kind of immortality, in that eternal bliss, which... | |
 | St. Cross (Church : Oxford, England) - 1876 - 456 pages
...The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself With all who it inherit, shall dissolve ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind." 190 THE SUN-FLOWER. The family of Acland derives its name according to Prince in his... | |
 | Thomas Manson Norwood - 1917 - 492 pages
...It has already been shown how the federal government by nonaction of the States, can be destroyed, and, "like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a rack behind. ' ' Sixth. That the federal government, having no powers or attributes that the States can not withdraw,... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1923 - 454 pages
...Shakespeare's statue — leaning on his elbow and pointing with his finger at the lines on the scroll : "The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The...like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wrack behind. "That stone there covers Campbell the poet. Here are names you know pretty well — Milton,... | |
 | Squire Bancroft - 1925 - 276 pages
...upon the monument in Poets' Corner and read the lines from The Tempest as they are inscribed there : * The cloudcapt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn...And like the baseless Fabric of a Vision Leave not a wrack behind.' What grandeur, what pathos, are in the words ; but we will not believe them — at least... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1902 - 1310 pages
...which at his death, like the "cloud-capped towers'' of the poet's vision in the heavens, would ■' dissolve and like the baseless fabric of a vision leave not a rack behind.*' The men of genius in executive affairs are of two sorts. First is the man whose genius for organization... | |
 | J. Monteith Drysdale - 1929 - 144 pages
...it not a great landmark in the history of our little community, soon to be swept away and disappear, and "Like the baseless fabric of a vision leave not a rack behind," to be remembered only in reminiscences of bygone hopes and aspirations, joys and sorrows? tions of... | |
 | 1893 - 646 pages
...letters. 5. Write five good movement exercises. 6. Write the following as a specimen of penmanship: The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn...all which it inherit shall dissolve ; And, like the unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. ORTHOGBAPHY. 1. How do the letters and elementary... | |
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