 | 1802 - 302 pages
...warring winds, 533 Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend...spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rome, and Egypt moulder down. 540 * In the human body, as well as in those of other animals, the larger blood vessels are composed... | |
 | Ely Hargrove - 1809 - 448 pages
...warring winds. "Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer— Tune, " Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base : " And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass "..." Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, " And tott'ring empires rush by their own weight. " This huge rotundity we tread grows old ; " And, all those... | |
 | Ely Hargrove - 1809 - 454 pages
...warring winds. " Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer— Time, " Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base: " And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass •" Descend : The Babylonian spires are sunk ; " Acliaia, Rome, and Egypt moulder down.— '• Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, " And... | |
 | 1810 - 500 pages
...that Deity to whom they owe their origin,' and concludes with some choice poetry, signifying, that ' Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires crush by their own weight.' ' Modes of living' form the subject of the next section; and common-place remarks, which might have... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pages
...the warring winds, Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Acbaia, Rome, and Egypt moulder down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1817 - 162 pages
...Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass Descend ; tlie Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rome, and Egypt...the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old, The sun himself, shall die, and ancient... | |
 | 1818 - 400 pages
...the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer, time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base; And flinty pyramids and walls of brass Descend;...the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old; The sun himself shall die, and antient... | |
 | 1820 - 390 pages
...destroyer Time, Now hangs in douhtful ruins o'er its hase, And flinty pyramids and walls of brass Dc-cend. The Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rome, and Egypt moulder down. Time shakes the stable tyraany of thrones, And tottering empires crush by their own weight." The north front is most perfect,havingamassive... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 666 pages
...Time, Now hangs hi doubtful ruins o'er its base; And tlintv pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend: tue Babylonian spires are sunk; Achaia, Rome, and Egypt...the stable tyranny of thrones. And tottering empires rush by their own weight; This huge rotundity we tread grows old, And all those worlds that roll around... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 320 pages
...hence, these cease to act, and collapse, or become horny or hony. Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend...the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old ; And all those worlds that roll around... | |
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The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rome, and Egypt, moulder down.... 
