| William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 666 pages
...sumptuous ?—her hour is come ; she is wiped from the face of the earth, and buried in everlasting oblivion. But not the cities only, and the works of...are melted as wax before the sun, and their place is no where found ; all have vanished and dropped away, like the snow that once rested upon their summits!."... | |
| William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 806 pages
...But not the cities •nl^v . and the works of men's hands, but the hills and mountains, and roc. Its of the earth, are melted as wax before the sun, and their place is r»« where found ; all have vanished and dropped away, like the snow that once rested upon their summits!."... | |
| 1822 - 788 pages
...everlasting oblivion. But it is not cities only, and works of men's h»nds, but the everlasting hills, the I been pleased to see her interrupted in an account of her travels, by a message to her fo Here s'oml the Alps, the load of the earth, that covered ma")' countries, and reached their arms from... | |
| 1822 - 386 pages
...perpetual oblivion. But it is not cities only, and works of men's hands, but the everlasting hills, the mountains and rocks of the earth, are melted as wax before the sun, and their place is no where found. Here stood the Alps, a prodigious range of stone, the load of the earth, that covered... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 386 pages
...perpetual oblivion. But it is not cities only, and works of men's hands, but the everlasting hills, the mountains and rocks of the earth, are melted as wax before the sun, and their place is no where found. Here stood the Alps, a prodigious range of stone, the load of the earth, that covered... | |
| 1822 - 192 pages
...? 'Tis not Cities only atid works of men* hands, but the everlasting hills, the mountains arid the rocks of the Earth are melted as wax before the sun, and their place is ho where to be found. Here stood the Alps a prodigious range of Stone,' the Load of the Earih — 'that... | |
| James Ferguson - 1823 - 438 pages
...everlasting oblivion. Bu t it is not cities only, and works of men's hands, but the everlasting hills, the mountains and rocks of the earth are melted as wax before the sun, and " their place is no where found." Here stood the Alps, the load of the earth, that covered VOL. II. D d many countries,... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 884 pages
...everlasting oblivion. But it is not cities only, and works of men's hands, but the everlasting hills, the mountains and rocks of the earth are melted as wax before the sun, and 'their place is no where found.' Here stood the Alps, the load of the earth, that covered many countries, and reached... | |
| 1823 - 886 pages
...But it is not cities only, and the works of men's hands ; the everlasting hills, the mountains aud rocks of the earth, are melted as wax before the sun, and tlu.tr place is nowhere found. Here stood the Alps, tin load of the earth, that covered many countries,... | |
| 1824 - 278 pages
...everlasting oblivion. But it is not cities only, and works of men's hands, but the everlasting hills, the mountains and rocks of the earth, are melted as wax before the sun, and their place is no where found. Here stood the Alps, the load of earth, that covered many countries, and reached their... | |
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