 | George Gore - 1899 - Liczba stron: 596
...philosophical science and dogmatic theology : — " 'Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great...she sends through all her gates At a safe distance." — Cowper. Truth should be our " path, motive, guide, origin, and end " (S. Johnson); those who do... | |
 | 1900 - Liczba stron: 570
...life, Its fluctuations and its vast concerns ? * * * * 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world. To see the stir Of the great...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the injured ear. F Thus sitting and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanced... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - Liczba stron: 346
...on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. '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 ; 90 To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
 | John Scott Clark - 1900 - Liczba stron: 886
...nearer view of the world than he could gain from the newspaper ; or through the loopholes of retreat to see the stir of the great Babel and not feel the crowd. . . . Such beings find their chief happiness in the privacy of a home. . . . They turn aside from the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1901 - Liczba stron: 200
...on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. "Pis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the great...crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gate* At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear. Thus sitting... | |
 | 1903 - Liczba stron: 1186
...wonders, wondering for his bread. 'T is pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at snch a world, — to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd. Line se. While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home. Line... | |
 | Edward Oscar Dyer - 1903 - Liczba stron: 332
...trading, cursing world is all outside and beyond. " 'T is 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." Such is Sharon with its broad green street, a street which extends for a mile and a half, and the architecture... | |
 | John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Charles Francis Richardson, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard - 1904 - Liczba stron: 930
...busy life, Its fluctuations and its vast concerns? 'T is 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. While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, ami is still at home. Winter Evening... | |
 | Joel Cook - 1904 - Liczba stron: 508
...boulevards; and possibly musing with Cowper, in The Task: " "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." THE FRENCH CAPITAL. III. THE FRENCH CAPITAL. Lutctia — Paris Topography, Defences and History —... | |
 | 1905 - Liczba stron: 408
...Whittier. 61 Sanctuary o -^y- *o- •£> -o •<?• >r~pIS pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, -*- To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjur'd ear. Thus sitting, and'surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanc'd... | |
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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... 
