| 1802 - 302 pages
...had stood The crush of thunder and the warring winds, 533 Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. And flinty...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 - 454 pages
...stood, " The crush of thunder, aud the warring winds. " Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer— Time, " Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base: " And flinty...brass •" Descend : The Babylonian spires are sunk ; " Acliaia, Rome, and Egypt moulder down.— '• Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, " And... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...bad stood 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...down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires crush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old ; And all those... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pages
...had stood 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...of brass, Descend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Acbaia, Rome, and Egypt moulder down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires... | |
| Thomas Hinderwell - 1811 - 458 pages
...the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er it's base : And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass Descend...down.— Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires crush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread, grows old ; And all those... | |
| William Thomas Brande - 1817 - 162 pages
...had stood The crash 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 ; tlie Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rome, and Egypt moulder down. Time shakes the stable tyranny... | |
| 1818 - 400 pages
...long had stood The crash 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...down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old; The sun himself... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...stood " 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..." Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, " And tottering empires crush by their own weight. " This huge rotundity we tread grows old ; " And all those... | |
| 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... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pages
...had stood 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...down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires crush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old ; And all those... | |
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