 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 ページ
...submarine exp And Katterfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'Tit pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to sec the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd j To hear the roar she sends through all her... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 ページ
...yet fear to break; What is it but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns? "Pis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanced... | |
 | George Miller - 1833 - 428 ページ
...afforded,— through which,— as one might have said, in the language of Cowper :— " 'Tis pleasant To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great...distance, — where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear." It may readily be supposed, that 1 would feel both exhilarated and gratified on... | |
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1833 - 460 ページ
...HERMIT in LONDON; or, Sketches of English Manners. New Edition revised, in 3 vols. 12 mo. 18s. " 'Tls 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." Cowper. The HERMIT in the COUNTRY ; or, Sketches of English Manners... | |
 | George Miller (of Dunbar) - 1833 - 422 ページ
...afforded,—through which,—as one might have said, in the language of Cowper :— " 'Tis pleasant To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd, At a safe distance,—where the dying sound To hear the roar she sends through all her gates Falls... | |
 | 1839 - 876 ページ
...a fray, Where, where could I be so cool as in a tree 7 And near to the top, I was safe from a pop. Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, to...distance, where the dying sound falls a soft murmur on tli' uninjured ear. Thus sitting and surveying, thus at ease, the globe and its concerns, I seem advanced... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 ページ
...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto,* with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanced... | |
 | Jacob ABBOTT - 1835 - 192 ページ
...cheer, but not inebriate. And what an insight does he give you to his own heart, as he says, — " 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat, To...all her gates, At a safe distance, where the dying sounds Fall a soft murmur on the uninjured ear." Where is the heart that does not beat responsive to... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 924 ページ
...end At hi« own wonders, waad'ring for his bread. •Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retre-.t, To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the great...her gates, At a safe distance, where the dying sound Fails a soft murmur on th' uninjured ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus, at ease, The globe and... | |
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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 ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the... 
