What then is to insure this pile which now towers above me from sharing the fate of mightier mausoleums? The time must come when its gilded vaults, which now spring so loftily, shall lie in rubbish beneath the feet ; when, instead of the sound of melody... The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 242by Washington Irving - 1868 - 507 pagesFull view - About this book
| Washington Irving - 1880 - 444 pages
...I Tho remains of Alexander the Great have been scattered to the wind, and his empty sarcophagus is now the mere curiosity of a museum. " The Egyptian mummies, which Cambyses or time halh spared, avarice now consumeth ; Mizraim cures waunds, and Pharaoh is sold for balsams." * What... | |
| Washington Irving - 1881 - 970 pages
...? The remains of Alexander the Great have been scattered to the wind, and his empty sarcophagus is now the mere curiosity of a museum. " The Egyptian...above me from sharing the fate of mightier mausoleums 1 The time must come when its gilded vaults, which now spring so loftily, shall lie in rubbish beneath... | |
| Annie S. Wolf - 1881 - 424 pages
...London exceeds my power. It is confusion worse confounded. LETTER III. " What, then, is to insure the pile which now towers above me from sharing the fate...must come when its gilded vaults, which now spring so softly, shall lie in rubbish beneath the feet ; when, instead of the sound of melody and praise, the... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1881 - 516 pages
...of the universe - a system of Pantheism. N souls. But all was vanity, feeding the wind, and folly. The Egyptian mummies, which Cambyses or time hath spared, avarice now consumeth. Mummy is become merchandise, Mizraim cures wounds, and Pharaoh is sold for balsams. There is nothing... | |
| Washington Irving - 1882 - 1002 pages
...? The remains of Alexander the Great have been scattered to the wind, and his empty sarcophagus is now the mere curiosity of a museum. " The Egyptian...this pile which now towers above me from sharing the fete of mightier mausoleums ? The time must come when its gilded vaults, which now spring so loftily,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1882 - 258 pages
...embalmment? The remains of Alexander the Great have been scattered to the wind, and his empty sarcophagus is now the mere curiosity of a museum. "The Egyptian mummies, which Cambyses or time had spared, avarice now consumeth; Mizraim cures wounds, and Pharaoh is sold for balsams. " * What... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 538 pages
...miseries are slippery, or fall like suow upon us, which, notwithstanding, is no unhappy stupidity. . . . The Egyptian mummies, which Cambyses or time hath spared, avarice now consumeth. Mummy is become merchandise; Mizraim cures wounds, and Pharaoh is sold for balsams. . . . Man is a... | |
| Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 pages
...embalmment? The remains of Alexander the Great have been scattered to the wind, and his empty sarcophagus is now the mere curiosity of a museum. " The Egyptian...shall lie in rubbish beneath the feet ; when, instead of the sound of melody and praise, the wind shall whistle through the broken arches, and the owl hoot... | |
| Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague, Spraque Homer Baxter - 1884 - 144 pages
...his empty sarcophagus is now the mere curiosity of a museum. " The Egyptian mummies, which Camhyses or time hath spared, avarice now consumeth ; Mizraim cures wounds, and Pharaoh is sold for balsams." .-m What, then, is to insure this pile which now towers above me from sharing the fate of mightier... | |
| Washington Irving - 1885 - 398 pages
...? The remains of Alexander the Great have been scattered to the wind, and his empty sarcophagus is now the mere curiosity of a museum. "The Egyptian...mummies, which Cambyses or time hath spared, avarice nowconsumeth; Mizraim cures wounds, and Pharaoh is sold for balsams." * What, then, is to ensure this... | |
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