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" 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 78
1823
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The Christian Herald, Volume 5

Theology - 1818 - 396 pages
...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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Marriage: A Novel ...

Susan Ferrier - 1818 - 358 pages
...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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Christian Herald and Seaman's Magazine, Volume 5

John Edwards Caldwell - 1818 - 780 pages
...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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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 8

1828 - 454 pages
...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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Elements of Criticism, Volume 1

Lord Henry Home Kames - Aesthetics - 1819 - 424 pages
...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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The Imperial magazine; or, Compendium of religious, moral ..., Volume 8

610 pages
...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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Fifty-two lectures on the Catechism of the Church of England. To ..., Volume 1

sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 484 pages
...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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Religion Recommended to Youth: In a Series of Letters Addressed to a Young ...

Caroline Matilda Thayer - Bereavement - 1819 - 230 pages
...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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Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review

Methodist Church - 1819 - 494 pages
...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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Marriage: A Novel ...

Susan Ferrier - 1819 - 364 pages
...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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