...Great Author. For, without his upholding hand The great globe itself, Yea, all that it inhabit, must dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision Leave not a wreck behind." Every thing around us strongly intimates the gracious interpa* sition and constant energy oi God. The...

...continue still, and flourish, till -" The great globe itself, And all Ivhich it inherit, be destroyed, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind." HAD we leisure, it would be an interesting and entertaining research to trace its progress through...

...adio," warbled Miss Parkins. " I vanish," said Mrs. Apsley, snatching up her tippet, ridicule, &c. " and, like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind." " Fare-thee-well at once — Adieu, adieu, adieu, remember me!" cried the last of the band, as she...

...tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, Yea, all that it inhabits, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind." ' 328. The effect of this figure is peculiarly pleasant, when the gradation of the sentiment is denoted...

...towers, the gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples, the great globe itself, yea, all that it inhabit, shall dissolve, and, like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind !' ' Fallida mors «quo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres.' He! (hear!} who but a few short...

...liberties, before which kings and priests, crowns and mitres, thrones and monasteries, will be swept away, and like the baseless fabric of a vision leave not a wreck behind; you, Sir, are a bright example of the inefficacy of bolts, bars, aud dungeons, to stifle the voice...

...in the words of Shakespeare : i The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall...baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind. — Indeed, there was ocular demonstration in the truth of this assertion, with respect to its towers,...

...capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, and all yvhich it inherits, shall dissolve, And like the baseless fabric of a vision Leave not a wreck behind. JAMES THOMSON, JEtatis 48, obit 27, August, 1748. Tutor'd by thee, sweet poetry, exalts her voice to...

...towers, the .-orgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself. Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve ; And like the baseless fabric, of a vision Leave not a wreck behind!" " O death ! it is thine to tread out empires, and to quench the stars!'' While thus tossed on the expansive...

...coming, when all honours and possessions, but this which cometh of God only, will be eclipsed and vanish; and, like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind. How miserable will they then be who must leave their all ! What a mortifying thought does Horace put...