 | Louis Simond - 1817 - 592 pages
...de l'Océan. • .• • . : .-I . " ,'• ': .• . 1 .;.'... 'Tis pleasant thppugh the loojnholes of retreat. . To peep at such a world to see the stir Of the great Babel , and not feel the cfow'd ; To hear the roar she sends through ail her gates At a safe distance. MATINÉE ET JOURNÉE... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 252 pages
...Katterfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his hread. 'Tis pleasant throngh the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Bahel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends throngh all her gates At a sate distance,... | |
 | Louis Simond - France - 1817 - 546 pages
...to the roar of its waves, breaking around us in measured time, like the tides of the ocean. " 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world — to see the stir r\ Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd , To heat the roar she sends through all her gates, At... | |
 | Louis Simond - Great Britain - 1817 - 594 pages
...J tiM IC^ ^JV*JI ' T '•** * "-' ' Y -•' l * ' • ' • V ' ''•• i^ll•i To peep at sûch a world to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd < ' ' t iTo hear the roarshe syiuls through ail her gates . At a «ile distance. J ji . te matin Août... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 336 pages
...imagination a curious and extensive field for speculation and conjecture. 'Tis pleasant from the loop-boles of retreat . . • •' . ' To peep at such a world : to see the stir Of tbe great Babel und not feel the crowd. — While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 520 pages
...tides of the ocean. " 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retrent To peep at sueh a world—fosee the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear Ihe roar she sends through all her gates, At a safe distance." "In the morning all is calm,-not a mouse... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...submarine exploits, And Katterfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wond'ring for his bread. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep...great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the rpar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur... | |
 | Felix M'Donogh - 1820 - 254 pages
...by the same Author, THE HERMIT in LONDON ; or, Sketches of ENGLISH MANNERS, 5 vols, £1 10s. " 'Tis pleasant through the loop.holes of retreat, To peep...stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd." COWPER. The Fourth and Fifth Vols are sold separately to complete Sets. THE HERMIT THE C OUNTRY; SKETCHES... | |
 | Felix M'Donogh - 1820 - 248 pages
...ENGLISH MANNERS, 5 vols, £1 10s. " Tis pleasant through the loop•hole* of retreat, To peep at ench a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd." COWPEB. The Fourth and Fifth Vols are sold separately to complete ?ets. THE HERMIT THE COUNTRY; om,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1820 - 866 pages
...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.... | |
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Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd... 
