 ... of man, managed by man, that makes its liquid path like an iron railway through the sea — I wonder at the sea itself, that vast Leviathan, rolled round the earth, smiling in its sleep, waked into fury, fathomless, boundless, a huge world of water-drops^-Whence...  Notes of a Journey Through France and Italy - Page 3by William Hazlitt - 1826 - 416 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1826 - 570 pages
...smiling in ita sleep ! waked into fiiry, fathomless, boundless, a huge world of water drop* ! Whence is it, whither goes it? is it of eternity, or of nothing?...thou? what is there in common between thy life and oursl who gave it thee 1 Blind, deaf, and old, thou seest not, kearent not, under' standest not; neither... | |
 | 1826 - 492 pages
...smiling in its sleep, waked into fury, fathomless, boundless, a large world of water drops. Whence is it, whither goes it, is it of eternity or of nothing?...and flowing like human life, and swallowing it up ia thy remorseless womh, — what artthou ? What is there in common between thy life and ours who gaze... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 858 pages
...fury, fathomless, boundless, a huge world of water-drops. — Whence is it, whither goes it, is it ot eternity or of nothing ? Strange ponderous riddle,...swallowing it up in thy remorseless womb, — what art limn ; What is there in common between thy life and ours, who gaze at thee ? Blind, deaf and old, thou... | |
 | 1826 - 568 pages
...smiling in its sleep ! waked into fury, fathomless, boundless, a huge world of water drops ! Whence is it, whither goes it? is it of eternity, or of nothing?...ponderous riddle, that we can neither penetrate nor grasp iri our comprehension ; ebbing and flowing like human life, and swallowing it up in thy remorseless... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 936 pages
...fury, fathomless, boundless, a huge world of water-diops. —Whence is it, whither goes it, is it oí eternity or of nothing ? Strange ponderous riddle,...there in common between thy life and ours, who gaze al thee? Blind, deaf and old, thou seest not, hearest not, unterstandest not ; neither do we understand,... | |
 | Henry Carrington Alexander - 1870 - 674 pages
...fathomless, boundless, a huge world of water-drops. Whence is it ? Whither goes it ? is it to eternity or nothing? Strange, ponderous riddle! that we can neither...womb ' : what art thou ? — what is there in common with thy life and ours who gaze on thee ? — • Blind, deaf, and old, thou seest not, hearest not,... | |
 | Henry Carrington Alexander - 1870 - 514 pages
...fathomless, boundless, a huge world of water-drops. Whence is it? Whither goes it? is it to eternity or nothing? Strange, ponderous riddle! that we can neither...swallowing it up in ' thy remorseless womb ' : what art thon ? — what is there in common with thy life and ours who gaze on thee? — Blind, deaf, and old,... | |
 | Burlington B. Wale - 1883 - 234 pages
...fathomless, boundless, a huge world of water drops. Whence is it ? Whither goes it ? Is it of eternity or nothing ? Strange ponderous riddle, that we can neither...there in common between thy life and ours, who gaze on thee ? Blind, deaf, and old, thou seest not, hearest not, understandest not ; neither do we understand,... | |
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