 | 1835 - 168 σελίδες
...passage, I take to myself the credit of having discovera new spot in the sun. BROADWAY ON A FINE DAY. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To...the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd. COWPEH. For want of better employment, (and sorry have J often been that I had none better, or more... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 924 σελίδες
...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 Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates, At a safe distance, where the dying sound Fails... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 710 σελίδες
...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...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... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 σελίδες
...exploits, And Katterfelto with his hair on end At his own wonders — wond'ring for his bread. 'T is pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 σελίδες
...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. "Pis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 σελίδες
...on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat3 To peep at such a world. To see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd. 90 To hear the roar4 she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 σελίδες
...on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat3 To peep at such a world. To see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd. 90 To hear the roar4 she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 σελίδες
...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto, with his hair on-end At his own wonders, wond'ring for his bread. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To...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... | |
 | 1837 - 326 σελίδες
...dubious contest; while " retrenchment societies," judging from the periodicals, are "dead, dead, dead." " 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To...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... | |
 | 1837 - 928 σελίδες
...the external world remindeth me of certain verses of that sweetest of modern pocts, Cowper : — " 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To...see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the erowd r— To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound... | |
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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... 
