 These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit,...  Maxims of the Wise and Good - Page 130by Maxims - 1876 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 440 pages
...towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve; And, like this unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. — My work is done. [Breaks his Wand. Henceforth this land to the afflicted be A place of refuge,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 336 pages
...towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve ; And, like this unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind To these noble images he adds a short but comprehensive observation on human life, not excelled by... | |
 | 1814 - 564 pages
...towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea all which it inherit, shall dissolve; And, like this unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.' " Tempest. Now it appears to us, upon a consideration of these and many niich like passages, that there... | |
 | John Nichols - 1817 - 874 pages
...292. •f- SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS ; Mr. Pope's Second Edition, 1728. Vol. I. — Tempest, p. 57: Prosp. shall dissolve And like this unsubstantial pageant faded Leave not a rack behind. Probably track or trace. Midsummer Night's Dream, p. 79 : Lys. either it was different in blood —... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 332 pages
...towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve; And, like this unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack hehind —— To these noble images he adds a short, but comprehensive observation on human life, not... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 788 pages
...towers, the gorgeous palaces. The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, , And, like this unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.— To these noble images he adds a short but comprehensive observation on human life, not excelled by... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 322 pages
...towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve; And, like this unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind To these noble images he adds a short, but comprehensive observation on human life, not excelled by... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pages
...towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve; And, like this unsubstantial pageant...dreams are made of, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. — Sir, I am vcx'd ; Bear with my weakness ! my old brain is troubled. Bcnotdistnrb'd with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 1010 pages
...towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, ine own gain : We are such stall' As dreams are made of, ami our little life Is rounded with a sleep. — Sir, I... | |
 | Charles Waterton - 1825 - 350 pages
...we should cease to be ! — " The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inhabit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind." Cast thine eye around thee, and see the... | |
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