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 | 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... | |
 | Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain) - 1899 - 788 ページ
...is a wide difference of opinion. In closing the first part of this brief sketch, I might say: " Tig pleasant through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world as this." PART II. HORTICULTURAL INTERESTS. California is the greatest fruit-growing State in the Union,... | |
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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... 
