| 1820 - 866 páginas
...Or Sketches A of ENGLISH MANNERS; formiun a Companion to the //erratic de La Ckatt^e tfAntin. " Ti» pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world : to sec the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd." Confer, Printed for Henry Colburn and Co.... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - 556 páginas
...submarine exploits, And Katterfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat To...Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 278 páginas
...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wond'ring for his bread. 'T is pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat, To peep...Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjur'd... | |
| Marmaduke Tulket - 1821 - 376 páginas
...agree ; but exceptions there are in all cases. THEATRE ROYAL. " 'Tis pleasant through the loop holes of retreat To peep at such A world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd." Eligibly situated on the south side of Fishergate, may be seen that commodious brick building called... | |
| Peter Armstrong Whittle - 1821 - 1042 páginas
...agree ; but exceptions there are in all cases. THEATRE ROYAL. ' ' 'Tis pleasant through the loop holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd." Eligibly situated on the south side of Fishergate, may be seen that commodious brick building called... | |
| Charles Lloyd - 1821 - 316 páginas
...will then miscarry. 'Tis as portentous as a doctor's sign is, And quite as emblematic of a finis.* " 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world." So sung thy bard, Religion ! But as f here, where can we meet With such exemption from mankind's regard.... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 páginas
...His horse and him, unconscious of them all. PROSPECT OF THE WORLD FROM THE KF.TREAT OF HOME. Cowper. "Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To...Babel, and not feel the crowd; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates, At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjur'd... | |
| Franklin James Didier - 1822 - 218 páginas
...possesses a mighty superiority in the bold features by which her veteran visage is marked. LETTER XXXV. 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To...peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the great Bahel, and not feel the crowd. COWPEIT. London, July 13, 1819. THE young American who visits London... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1824 - 396 páginas
...reason br assigned against the supposition, and what is it ? f THE WORLD CONTEMPLATED AT A DISTANCE. 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To...Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjur'd... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 446 páginas
...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto, with his hair on-end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. Tu pleasant, through the loop-holes of retreat, To peep...Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured... | |
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