 | University of Calcutta - 1916 - 802 ページ
...premeditation." How far have we here a correct characterisation of Cowper's epistolary art ? Or, " 'Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world." Show by appropriate references to his letters how Cowper looks at the busy world through the loopholes... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 412 ページ
...attention while I read, What is it but a map of busy life, , Its fluctuations and its vast concerns ? T is pleasant, through the loop-holes of retreat, To peep...the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd. While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home. Winter Evening:... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 ページ
...exploits, 85 And Katterfelto, with his hair on end At, his own wonders, wondering for his bread 'T is pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep...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... | |
 | Lore Holzhausen Liebenam (Frau) - 1928 - 152 ページ
...Menschen; alles das, was der Passivität seines, stillen Landbewohnertums nie gefährlich werden konnte. 'Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To...Babel, and not feel the crowd; To hear the roar she sends through all the gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured... | |
 | 1832 - 814 ページ
...Edition. revised, in 3 vols. l£mo. 18s. " Tis pleasant through th« loop-holes of retreat To prep at such a world . to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd." Cow per. The HERMIT in the COUNTRY; or, Sketches of English Manners and Characters. A Companion to... | |
 | United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio) - 1938 - 354 ページ
...the pave, or clustered on the railings, for windows were raised, and hundreds of bright eyes found it pleasant, through the loop-holes of retreat, to peep at such a world. (12) ANNIVERSARIES (Cont'd) 37 - H Sept. 6; ed:2/l - "The memorable 10th of September - an anniversary... | |
 | H. N. Fairchild - 2010 - 428 ページ
...Reading the newspaper in his snug parlor at Olney, he feels a Lucretian detachment from Vanity Fair: '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... | |
 | 1888 - 1026 ページ
...Abgeschlossenheit Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retrent To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of that great Babel, and not feel the crowd; To hear the roar she sende through all her gates At a safe distance. (IV, 88 ff.) Die gewöhnlichen Abendunterhaltungen... | |
 | 1845 - 52 ページ
...has afforded us admirable opportunities for studying that only halfopened book—human character. " 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world," and view the ever jostling, crowding mass that are moving on to their destiny. But we meant to restrict... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1904 - 882 ページ
...time — in the metaphorical roar of London, that is, if not in its literal noise. As Cowper writes : 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 the injured... | |
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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... 
