 | 1822 - 880 pages
...So plcas'd at first the towering Alps we fry» Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; The eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds...to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way ; The increasing prospect tries our wandering eyes, Hills pee)) o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise... | |
 | 1822 - 666 pages
...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 snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last. But those... | |
 | 1822 - 690 pages
...blanks to a prize are forgotten in trying the " towering Alps'' of fortune, where always " The rternal snows appear already past. And the first clouds and mountains seem the last." But there is a moral motive for adventuring, highly in famir of trying one's fortune in the lottery; how... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pages
...with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise ! So pleased at first the towering Alps we 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... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 pages
...same may be observed of the word prospect in the last line of the following passage : So pleas'd at first the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales,...past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the lost : But those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way ; Th' increasing... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 404 pages
...VARIATIONS. Ver. 225. So pleas'd at first the tow'ring Alps to try, Fill'd with ideas of fair Italy, The Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first...survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way, 230 Th' increasing prospect tires our wand'ring eyes, Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pages
...VARIATIONS. Ver. 225. So pleas'd at first the tow'ring Alps to try, Fill'd with ideas of fair Italy, The Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first...survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way, 230 Th' increasing prospect tires our wand'ring eyes, Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...with strange surpris« New distant scenes ofendiese science rise ! So pleas'd at first the towering ght down To dwell on even ground now with thy sons...in valley and in plain God is as here, and will be aud mountains seem the Ut : But those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengtheu'd... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 pages
...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,...to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way ; Th' increasing prospect tires our wand'ring eyes ; Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise.... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 682 pages
...Science ! " interrupted Harry. " Now, my dear, I can go on by myself." " So pleased at first the towering Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread...to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way ; Th' increasing prospect tires our wand'ring eyes, Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise."... | |
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While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise, New distant scenes of endless science rise! 
