 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...and bears a scroll, inscribed with the following lines (not accurately quoted) from his 'Tempest:' The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn...baseless fabric of a vision Leave not a rack behind. ' ' > '. Much dispute has arisen upon the subject of Shakspeare's learning. Dr. Johnson says, ' It... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 428 pages
...: The cloud-capt tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a rack behind Temfiest, Act IV. Sc. 4. The elevation of the mind in the former part of this beautiful passage, makes... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - 1816 - 264 pages
..." The cloud capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve ; And like the baseless fabric of a vision Leave not a wreck behind ! We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep."... | |
 | 1820 - 876 pages
...towers, the gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples, the great globe itself, yea, all that it inhabit, shall dissolve, and, like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind T ' Pallida mors squo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres.' He ! (hear .') who... | |
 | Richard Marks - 1818 - 232 pages
...the distant observer, yet the whole must soon perish! The poet stated a solemn truth when he said, " The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn...like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind !" Nay, from the volume of inspiration, we know that the material heavens themselves shall... | |
 | 1818 - 594 pages
...dreams are made of, and our little life "Is rounded with a sleep " "Like the baseless fabric of a vision "The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, "The...all which it inherit, shall dissolve; "And, like the unsubstantial pageant faded, "Leave not a wreck behind." , But our hope in Jesm hurst« through the... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 518 pages
...towers Tbe gorgeous palace«, the solemn temples Yea, the great globe itself, with all that It inhabits shall dissolve, and like The baseless fabric of a vision, leave not A wreck behind." ACCOUNT OF BAKEWELL. To the Editor of the Northern Star. RB H****** BAKEWEILL is situated... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 424 pages
...: The cloud-capt tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the groat globe itself, Yea all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind. Tempest, Act IV. Sc. 4. The elevation of the mind in the former part of this beautiful... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Thayer - 1819 - 230 pages
...duration ? when countless ages shall have rolled away, when " this great globe, and all that it inherits, shall dissolve, and like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind," eternity is just commencing. Dear Julia, shall I not indulge the pleasing idea, that... | |
 | 610 pages
...lowers, Ihe 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." MAN, in his present state, is subject to so many changes, — such variety of uncontrollable... | |
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