 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 pages
...This pile was, by the pious patron's aim, Rais'd for a use as noble as its frame; Nor did the learn'd society decline The propagation of that great design; In all her mazes, Nature's face they view'd, And, as she disappear'd, their search pursued. 20 Wrapt in the shade of night the goddess lies,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pages
...This pile was, by the pious patron's aim, Rais'd for a use as noble as its frame; Nor did the learn'd society decline The propagation of that .great design; In all her mazes, Nature's face they view'd, AnoV, as she disappear^!, their search pursued. 20 Wrapt in the shade of night the goddess... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 pages
...design; In all her mazes, Nature's face they view'd, And, as she disappearM, their search pursued. 20 Wrapt in the shade of night the goddess lies, Yet to the learn'd unveils her dark disguise, But shuns the gross access of vulgar eyes. Now she unfolds the faint... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 294 pages
...pile was, by the pious patron's aim, liaised for a use as noble as its frame ; Nor did the learn'd Society decline The propagation of that great design ; In all her mazes Nature's face they view'd, And as she disappear'd*, their search pursued. Wrapp'd in the shade of night the goddess lies,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...This pile was by the pious patron's aim Rais'd for a use as noble as its frame; Nor did the learn'd society decline The propagation of that great design, In all her mazes, nature's face they view'd, And as she disappear'd, their search pursued. Garth. DCCLXXI. Some books like the city of London,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...This pile was by the pious patron's aim Rais'd for a use as noble as its frame; Nor did the learn'd society decline The propagation of that great design, In all her mazes, nature's face they view'd, And as she disappear'd, their search pursued. Garth. DCCLXXI. Some books like the city of London,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...to the distant, sight, a gilded pill ; This pile was, by the pious patron's aim, Raised for a use ns noble as it Нее, Yet to the learned unveils her dark disguise, But shuns the gross access of vulgar eyes. Now... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1844 - 846 pages
...the pious patron's aim, Raised for a use as noble as its frame ; Nor did the learn'd society décime th she sits on diamond rocks, Sleeking her soft alluring locks ; By all the view'd, And, as she disappear''!, their search pursued. Wrapp'd in the shade of night the goddess lies,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 362 pages
...pious patron's aim, Raised for a use as noble as its frame; Nor did the learn'd society decline 18 The propagation of that great design; In all her mazes,...viewed, And, as she disappeared, their search pursued. Wrapped in the shade of night the goddess lies, Yet to the learn'd unveils her dark disguise, But shuns... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1861 - 508 pages
...This pile was, by the pious patron's aim. Raised for a use as noble as its frame. Nor did the learn'd society decline The propagation of that great design...in the shade of night, the goddess lies, Yet to the learn'd unveils her dark disguise, But shuns the gross access of vulgar eyes." The Warwick Lane college... | |
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There stands a dome, majestic to the sight, And sumptuous arches bear its oval height ; A golden globe placed high with artful skill, Seems to the distant sight, a gilded pill : This pile was, by the pious patron's aim. 
