 | John Bartlett - 1878 - 896 стор.
...; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us, and the heart replies. 1 No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung ; Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung. Hcber, Palestine. So that there was neither hammer nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house,... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 814 стор.
...Bishop Heber's Temple and Cowper's Russian Palace of Ice have much in common. In the former, No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung ; Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung. In the latter, Silently as a dream \hefaMc rose, No sound of hamnur or of taw was there. », Gibbon... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 стор.
...escaped him — namely, that no tools were used in its construction. Reginald retired for a few minutes to the corner of the room, and returned with the beautiful lines: No hammer fell, no ponderous axes'rung ; Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung. Majestic silence ! His picture of Palestine,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 824 стор.
...escaped him — namely, that no tools were used in its construction. Reginald retired for a few minutes to the corner of the room, and returned with the beautiful lines: No hammer fell, no ponderous ones rung ; Like pome tall palm the mystic fabric sprung. Majestic silence I His picture of Palestine,... | |
 | Clara Thurston - 1880 - 496 стор.
...putting the parts together. Edward. This reminds me of Bishop Heber's beautiful lines : " No hatrmer fell, no ponderous axes rung ; Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung." The building was of white marble, polished, the stones so nicely fitted as to have the appearance of... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 352 стор.
...had escaped him, namely, that no tools were used in its erection. Reginald retired for a few minutes to the corner of the room, and returned with the beautiful...palm the mystic fabric sprung. Majestic silence," &<:.* After inspecting the University and Blenheim, under the guidance of the Hebers, Scott returned... | |
 | Paisley (Scotland) - 1882 - 174 стор.
...this allusion recalling to mind Bishop Heber's happy couplet in reference to that circumstance — " No hammer fell, no ponderous axes rung ; Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung." LAYING OF THE MEMORIAL STONE. By October, 1879, the walls of the structure had risen so far that it... | |
 | John Eustace Prescott - 1883 - 248 стор.
...occur the lines, in regard to the Temple at Jerusalem, which we see so often quoted — " No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung, Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung. Majestic silence!" It is not generally known that these lines are due to the suggestion of Sir Walter Scott. He was breakfasting... | |
 | 1883 - 502 стор.
...Silently as a dream, the fabric rose, No sound of hammer or of saw was there." Cowper. " No hammers fell; no ponderous axes rung, Like some tall palm, the mystic fabric sprung." Heber. 103. *' History, a register of crimes, follies and misfortunes." Gibbon. " L'histoire n'est... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 стор.
...176. REGINALD HEBER. 1783-1826. Failed the bright promise of your early day ! Palestine. No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung ; Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung.1 Majestic silence ! Ibid. Brightest and best of the sons of the morning ! Dawn on our darkness,... | |
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Scott observed that, in the verses on Solomon's Temple, one striking circumstance had escaped him, namely, that no tools were used in its erection. Reginald retired for a few minutes to the corner of the room, and returned with the beautiful lines, —... 
