 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.  Free thoughts upon Methodists, actors, and the influence of the stage; with ... - Page 146by Robert Mansel - 1814 - 286 pagesFull view - About this book
 | W. JILLARD HORT - 1822 - 156 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. TO THE KISIXG SUN. From the red wave rising bright, &c. Harmonious or discordant ? Though an honourable... | |
 | 1822 - 430 pages
...must consider as plain intimation?, that the house itself, in a certain number of years, will fall, ' and like the baseless fabric of a vision , leave not a wreck b«hiud.' THE NIC-NAC, .Recollect you are only a tenant at ill, and may be turned out, with or without... | |
 | 1823 - 872 pages
...GRA 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 wreck behind Tempest, act iv. sc. 4. Grandeur and Sublimity. The elevation of the mind in the former part of this... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...-.20. 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. — Shakespeare. HI. — Examples of SUSPENSION ; or a delaying of the Sense. 1. AS beauty of person,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...speech. The cloudcapp'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 ! We are such stuff As dreams are made of, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. Oifr indiscretion... | |
 | George Oliver - 1823 - 406 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 rack behind."* But the word of God, and every thing founded on that basis, shall never pass away. Even... | |
 | 1823 - 406 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!" The uncommon beauty and sublimity of the passage exciting In hia mind the highest degree of admiration,... | |
 | 1823 - 588 pages
...stage. Thy morning dreams of glory are quite dissolved." — " Aye," said Dick, with a rueful smile, ' And like the baseless fabric of a vision . ., • Leave not a wreck behind. !' 1 have been sadly treated by Dame Fortune since 1 saw you: you perceive 1 am quite cut up. A curst... | |
 | 1823 - 494 pages
...(then alive) ; so Prudence •whispered that I should let pneumatic medicine " melt into thin air," and, " like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind." By a card which I saw at a patient's house, I found there was a person who styled himself an arthritiil,... | |
 | 1823 - 426 pages
...wide spreading arch, the pillar of beauty and (he wall of strength shall be dissipated in an instant, and Like the baseless fabric of a vision Leave not a wreck behind! JULIUS. JV«jr Shippensburgh, July 18. THE WRECK. They that go de-an to the sea in skips, that <lo... | |
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