 | 1841 - 474 lapas
...world than could be found in that ' busy map of life,' a newspaper ; or from the loop-holes of retreat, to see the ' stir of the great Babel,' and not feel the crowd. He took delight in hearing the music of the church-bells, or the dash of the breakers — in scanning... | |
 | Jacob Abbott - 1841 - 264 lapas
...own heart, as he says, " 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 the dying sounds, Falls... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 lapas
...wondering for his bread. 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; ll of the fuller, or even the loom of the weaver, let ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 lapas
...THE WORLD AT A DISTANCE. Tis pleaSRiit— 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 gate», At a safe distance, where the dying sound, Falls... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 lapas
...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 ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 lapas
...WORLD AT A. DISTAJTCK. Tis pleasant — through the loopholes of rctrcct, 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 nil her gatca At a safe distance, where the dying sound, Falls... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 lapas
...wond'ring 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 ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 lapas
...he could gain from the ' busy map of life' — a newspaper ; or through the ' loop-holes of retreat, to see the stir of the great Babel and not feel the crowd.' I knew a lady whose feelings, in this respect, strongly resembled those of Cowper, who assured me,... | |
 | 1847 - 540 lapas
...can get. BlCKERSTAFF. 5. '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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 lapas
...wondering for his broad. '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 the dying sound Falls... | |
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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... 
