 | Joseph Priestley - 1787 - 588 էջ
...with the goodly edifice raised on such a foundation, will fall directly to pieces, vanish into air; 'and, like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind ;'"* your conclusion is rather too hasty. If, Sir, what 1 have advanced in those four volumes be just... | |
 | Richard Marks - 1818 - 232 էջ
...the distant observer, yet the whole must soon perish! The poet stated a solemn truth when he said, " The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn...baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind !" Nay, from the volume of inspiration, we know that the material heavens themselves shall hereafter,... | |
 | 1818 - 594 էջ
...dreams are made of, and our little life "Is rounded with a sleep " "Like the baseless fabric of a vision "The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, "The...all which it inherit, shall dissolve; "And, like the unsubstantial pageant faded, "Leave not a wreck behind." , But our hope in Jesm hurst« through the... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 520 էջ
...towers Tbe gorgeous palace«, the solemn temples Yea, the great globe itself, with all that It inhabits shall dissolve, and like The baseless fabric of a vision, leave not A wreck behind." ACCOUNT OF BAKEWELL. To the Editor of the Northern Star. RB H****** BAKEWEILL is situated in the Hundred... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1818 - 358 էջ
...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... | |
 | John Edwards Caldwell - 1818 - 780 էջ
...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... | |
 | 1818 - 396 էջ
...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... | |
 | 1828 - 454 էջ
...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... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 424 էջ
...: The cloud-capt tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the groat globe itself, Yea all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind. Tempest, Act IV. Sc. 4. The elevation of the mind in the former part of this beautiful passage, makes... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Thayer - 1819 - 230 էջ
...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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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. 
