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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.... "
The History of the Castle, Town, and Forest of Knaresbrough: With Harrogate ... - Page 44
by Ely Hargrove - 1809 - 413 pages
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

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...
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The history of the castle, town, and forest of Knaresborough; with Harrogate ...

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...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 16

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...
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Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith ...

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...
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The History and Antiquities of Scarborough, and the Vicinity

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...
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Outlines of Geology: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered ...

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...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

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...
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Specimens of the British Poets: Churchill, 1764, to Johnson, 1784

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...
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The Pocket magazine of classic and polite literature. [Continued ..., Volume 6

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...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 9

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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