 | Seth William Stevenson - 1827 - 928 sivua
...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: "... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1828 - 262 sivua
...Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But more advanc'd , behold , with strange surprise , New distant scenes of endless science rise ! So ,...snows appear already past , And the first clouds and mountams seem the last; But , those attain'd , we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1828 - 252 sivua
...lengths behind; But more advanc'd, behold, with strange surprise / New distant scenes of endless«cience rise! So, pleas'd at first the tow'ring Alps we try,...snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountams seem the last; But, those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 222 sivua
...more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise! So pleas'dat first the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales,...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 sivua
...So pleas'd at first the tow'ring Alps wo try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; The eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But those attained, we tremble to survey The growing labour of the lengthened way, The increasing prospect tires... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 sivua
...Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But more advanc'd, behold, with 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 256 sivua
...views we take', nor see the lengths behind* ; But more advanc'd', behold', with strange surprise', New distant scenes of endless science rise* ! So',...tread the sky*-, Th' eternal snows appear already pasf , And the first clouds* and mountains' seem the last* ; Buf , those attain'd', we tremble to survey... | |
 | 1822 - 666 sivua
...a proportion to these natural wonders 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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 sivua
...with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise ! So, pleased at first, the towering es, Whom nature charms, ! The eternal snows appear already pass'd, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1832 - 260 sivua
...Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise ti&\b distant scenes of endless science rise ! So, pleas'd...appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains see'ni the last i But, those attainM, we tremble to survey Tla; growing labours of the lengthen'd way... | |
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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 attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way, Th' increasing... 
