 like the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind ;" so thoroughly had nine-tenths of them taken up their abode in the bread basket (vide Jon Bee) of the Man-Mountain ; the remaining tenth sufficed for the rest of the company, viz.  The Mussulman - Сторінка 2автори: Richard Robert Madden - 1830Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | 1829 - 840 стор.
...daughters of Danaus ; it was insatiable. Cold veal, eggs, bacon-ham, and Welsh rabbit, disappeared " like the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind ;" so thoroughly had nine-tenths of them taken up their abode in the bread basket (vide Jon Bee) of... | |
 | Frederick Butler - 1819 - 412 стор.
...the appellation of the grand army, had marched into Russia victorious ; when it reached Poland, had vanished " like the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind." The armies of Prussia, which entered Russia by the way of Ri".a, returned entire, and the army of Austria... | |
 | Elizabeth Isabella Spence - 1827 - 972 стор.
...anger or fear ; but on turning, it might be to answer him, he had (as in the early part of the night) vanished, " like the baseless fabric of a vision. And left not a track behind," for he was no where to be seen. The king, perceiving her embarrassment, with all that... | |
 | 1829 - 512 стор.
...daughters of Danaus ; it was insatiable. Cold veal, eggs, bacon-ham, and Welsh rabbit disappeared " like the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind;" so thoroughly had nine-tenths of them taken up their abode in the bread basket (vide John Bee) of the... | |
 | 1829 - 846 стор.
...daughters of Danaus ; it was insatiable. Cold veal, eggs, bacon-ham, and Welsh rabbit, disappeared " like the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind ;" so thoroughly had nine-tenths of them taken up their abode in the bread basket (vide Jon Bee) of... | |
 | Jonas Dennis - 1835 - 158 стор.
...inappropriate, ill-judged, and ill-placed. Nearly all these numerous productions of bad taste have eventually "vanished like the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind." Another improver of English taste was Brown, who judiciously studied the local capability of each subject... | |
 | Robert Macnish - 1838 - 502 стор.
...daughters of Danans ; it was insatiable. Cold veal, eggs, bacon-ham , and Welsh rabbit, disappeared " like the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind ;" so thoroughly had nine-tenths of them taken up their abode in the bread basket (vide Jon Bee) of... | |
 | 1840 - 508 стор.
...intrigues — it was at this moment of aspiration and ardent hope, that all their power and prospects vanished, like the " baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind." In 1767 Charles III., king of Spain, formed the bold design of expelling all the Jesuits from his dominions.... | |
 | William Howitt - 1840 - 548 стор.
...with a speechless consternation ! In " the immortal bard's" own words, all the precious relies had Vanished like the baseless fabric of a vision. And left not a wreck behind. Nothing at all but four bare walls ! What was to be done ? It was still Shakspeare's birth-place —... | |
 | 1841 - 504 стор.
...with a speechless consternation ! In ' the immortal bard's' own words, all the precious relics had Vanished like the baseless fabric of a vision, And left not a wreck behind. Nothing at all but four bare walls ! What was to be done ? It was still Shakspeare's birth-place, but... | |
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