At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. *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 ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where... The Table Book - Pàgina 61per William Hone - 1827Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| William Cowper - 1896 - 348 pàgines
...Katterfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world ;...the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd; 90 Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pàgines
...wond'ring for his bread. THE WORLD, AS SEEN FROM THE STUDY OF A CONTEMPLATIVE MAN. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world...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 en the uninjur'd... | |
| William Cowper - 1898 - 334 pàgines
...Katerfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'T is pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world ;...the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; 9° To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
| George Gore - 1899 - 596 pàgines
...the relative positions of philosophical science and dogmatic theology : — " 'Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world ;...and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance." — Cowper. Truth should be our " path, motive, guide, origin,... | |
| 1900 - 570 pàgines
...is it but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations and its vast concerns ? * * * * 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world....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 injured... | |
| William Cowper - 1900 - 346 pàgines
...Katerfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world ;...the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; 90 To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
| John Scott Clark - 1900 - 886 pàgines
...nearer view of the world than he could gain from the newspaper ; or through the loopholes of retreat to see the stir of the great Babel and not feel the crowd. . . . Such beings find their chief happiness in the privacy of a home. . . . They turn aside from the... | |
| 1903 - 1186 pàgines
...wonders, wondering for his bread. 'T is pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at snch a world, — to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd. Line se. While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home. Line... | |
| Edward Oscar Dyer - 1903 - 352 pàgines
...human units. The restless', trading, cursing world is all outside and beyond. " 'T is pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world ;...stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd." Such is Sharon with its broad green street, a street which extends for a mile and a half, and the architecture... | |
| Joel Cook - 1904 - 508 pàgines
...crowds upon the grand boulevards; and possibly musing with Cowper, in The Task: " "Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world;...stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd." THE FRENCH CAPITAL. III. THE FRENCH CAPITAL. Lutctia — Paris Topography, Defences and History —... | |
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