 How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched miles ; And to the stake a struggling country bound Where barking waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those...  History of Civilisation - Сторінка 145автори: William Alexander Mackinnon - 1846Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | William Henry Bartlett - 1853 - 312 стор.
...beetles rowl, Transfi-sing into them their dunghill soul. How did they rivet with gigantic piles Through the centre their new catched miles, And to the stake...waves still bait the forced ground, Building their watery Babel fur more high * To catch I lie waves, than those to scale the sky. Yet si ill his claim... | |
 | William Henry Bartlett - 1853 - 384 стор.
...them their dunghill soul. How did they rivet with gigantic piles Through the centre their new catchèd miles, And to the stake a struggling country bound,...waves still bait the forced ground, Building their watery Babel far more high To catch the waves, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1857 - 408 стор.
...a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground, Building their watery Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to...scale the sky ! Yet still his claim the injured ocean laid, And oft at leap-frog o'er their steeples played, As if on purpose it on land had come To show... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1857 - 408 стор.
...their dunghill soul. How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched miles, And to the stake a struggling country bound,...waves still bait the forced ground, Building their watery Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky ! Yet still his claim the... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1857 - 420 стор.
...a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground, Building their watery Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky 1 Yet still his claim the injured ocean laid, \nd oft at leap-frog o'er their steeples played, A.3... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), John Murray (publishers.) - 1858 - 676 стор.
...dunghill soul. " How did they rivet with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched miles t And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground v Building their watery Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky. " Yet still... | |
 | John Watts De Peyster - 1858 - 578 стор.
...struggling country bound, Where larking waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their watery Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky." — ANDREW MAEVKL. "A country that draws fifty feet of water, ]n which men live as in the hold of nature,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 554 стор.
...exquisite hyperbole :— How did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the centre their new-catched miles ; And to the stake a struggling country bound,...ground; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To catch the waves, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the injured ocean layed, And oft... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 стор.
...dunghill soul. How did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the centre their new-catehed mile*; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where...ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To catch the waves than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the injured ocean layed, And oft at... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 364 стор.
...a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground; Building their watery Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to...scale the sky. Yet still his claim the injured Ocean laid, And oft at leap-frog o'er their steeples played; As if on purpose it on land had come To show... | |
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