| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 286 Seiten
...strange surprise, New distant scenes of endless science rise ! So, pleas'd at first the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last ; But, those... | |
| 1826 - 82 Seiten
...prospect, in the last line but one of the following passage : So pleased at first the towering Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last; But those... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 Seiten
...strange surprise', New distant scenes of endless science riseM So', pleas'd at first the tow 'ring Alps we try', Mount o'er the vales', and seem to tread the sky* ; Th' eternal snows appear already past', And the first clouds* and mountains' seem the last* ; But',... | |
| Seth William Stevenson - 1827 - 928 Seiten
...proportions with the diminutive stature of every living thing. " Tho' pleas'd at first the towering Alps we try, " Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; " I'll' eternal suows appear already past, " And the first clouds and mountains seem the last: "... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1828 - 222 Seiten
...So pleas'dat first the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ! Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last: Hut those attained, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthened way ; Th' increasing... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 852 Seiten
...knowledge of its possessor, or its attainaMenea by them. Cheyne. So pleas'd at first the tow'ring Alps wo try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky...But those attained, we tremble to survey The growing labour of the lengthened way, The increasing prospect tires our wond'rmg eyes. Hills peep o'er hills,... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 Seiten
...strange surprise, New distant scenes of endless science rise ! So pleas'd at first the tow' ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; Th' eternal sn«ws appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last ; But, those... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 Seiten
...strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise ! So, pleased at first, the towering Alps hom nature charms, pass'd, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But, those attain'd, we tremble to survey... | |
| 1822 - 666 Seiten
...far less than that of the dwarf moss to the stately cedar. " So, pleas'd at first, the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky; The eternal SDOWS appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last But those attainM, we tremble... | |
| Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 Seiten
...So pleas'd at first the towering Alps we try, Mount o'er the vale!, and seem to tread the sky ; Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But, those altain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way) TV increasing prospect tires... | |
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