 | Sarah Atkins - 1824 - 258 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.— Indeed, there was ocular demonstration in the truth of this assertion, with respect... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 pages
...Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man. — Shakeaptan. 30. The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn...And, like the baseless fabric of a vision Leave not a wreck behind.— Shakespeare. III. — Examples of SUSPENSION ; or a delaying of ihe Sense. 1. AS beauty... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 578 pages
...spouting, and imitated him inimitably in Prosperous lines: — ' Yea, the great globe itself, And all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a rack behind!' " When half seas over, Kemble used to " speak in blank-verse : and with practice, I " don't think it... | |
 | John Kitto - 1825 - 244 pages
...The cluud-clapt tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Tea. all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind. Every person perceives that this passage is sublime ; but, whence does its Sublimity... | |
 | Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson - 1825 - 282 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. Indeed, there was ocular demonstration in the truth of this assertion, with respect to... | |
 | Charles Waterton - 1825 - 350 pages
...towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inhabit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind." Cast thine eye around thee, and see the thousands of nature's productions. Take a view... | |
 | Samuel Whelpley - 1826 - 584 pages
...with all nations, with all human institutions, and with all the noblest inventions and works of art. " The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn...like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind." And alas ! the ravages of time, though rapid and resistless, are too slow to satisfy... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
...consolatory reflections. They have but paid the great debt of nature. As the baseless fabric of a vision, 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 ! We are such stuff As dreams are made of, and... | |
 | Robert Millhouse - 1826 - 80 pages
...' The cloud-eapt 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 !' " Its beauty and solemnity excited in his mind the highest degree of admiration ! At... | |
 | John Henry Druery - 1826 - 490 pages
...The cloud-capp'd 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." Caister is a pleasant but scattered village, formerly divided into two parishes, "Castor... | |
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