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...on end At his own wouders, woud'ring for his bread. Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retrcai, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls...

...exploits, And Katterfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his hread. ".I 'is pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Bahel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends throngh all her gates At a safe distance,...

...listen to the roar of its waves, breaking around us in measured time, like the tides of the ocean. " 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world — to see the stir r\ Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd , To heat the roar she sends through all her gates, At...

...Katterfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his hread. 'Tis pleasant throngh the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Bahel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends throngh all her gates At a sate distance,...

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...imagination a curious and extensive field for speculation and conjecture. 'Tis pleasant from the loop-boles of retreat . . • •' . ' To peep at such a world : to see the stir Of tbe great Babel und not feel the crowd. — While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great...

...his lady and numerous family, were here secluded from the noise and bustle of the adjacent metropolis 'Tis pleasant, through the loop-holes of retreat,...the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates, At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls...

...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wond'ring for his bread. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To...the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound • Falls...