The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ... - Page 781823Full view - About this book
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...Institution, as it respects the matter 6f intellect^ through all its gradations of strength and cultivation. ' And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, ' Leave not a wreck behind.' Possible it is, though not greatly probable. Now, your Report tells you, that more than two millions... | |
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...adio," warbled Miss Parkins. " I vanish," said Mrs. Apsley, snatching up her tippet, ridicule, &c. " and, like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind." " Fare-thee-well at once—Adieu, adieu, adieu, remember me!" cried the last of the band, as she slowly... | |
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...possibility, that even this Society may be at jast extinct, that the glory of Britain may pass away, ' And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, ' Leave not a wreck behind.' Possible it is, though not greatly probable. Now, your Report tells you, that more than two millions... | |
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...without a compromise of delicacy or propriety. The autographs shall all be committed to the flames, and, " like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind." MADAME FAST*. This bdv appeared on Monday, Tuesday, and Wed. nesday evenings at our Theatre to crowded... | |
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...the elevation. Of this observation Shakspeare gives a beautiful example, in the passage last quoted : The cloud-capt tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn...Leave not a wreck behind. Tempest, Act IV. Sc. 4. The elevation of the mind in the former part of this beautiful passage, makes the fall great in proportion,... | |
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...lowers, Ihe gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve} And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind." MAN, in his present state, is subject to so many changes, — such variety of uncontrollable events... | |
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...were ten times ten thousand more valuable, they all must perish. " The earth, and all that it inhabit, shall dissolve, and, like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind ;" but our spirits were made to live for ever. There is another body, a better country, prepared for... | |
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...duration ? when countless ages shall have rolled away, when " this great globe, and all that it inherits, shall dissolve, and like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind," eternity is just commencing. Dear Julia, shall I not indulge the pleasing idea, that the chain of our... | |
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...Great Author. For, without his upholding hand The great globe itself, Yea, all that it inhabit, must dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision Leave not a wreck behind." Every thing around us strongly intimates the gracious interpa* sition and constant energy oi God. The... | |
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...adio," warbled Miss Parkins. " I vanish," said Mrs. Apsley, snatching up her tippet, ridicule, &c. " and, like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind." " Fare-thee-well at once — Adieu, adieu, adieu, remember me!" cried the last of the band, as she... | |
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