| William Bernard Cooke - England - 1811 - 324 pages
...cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil. — Heav'ns, what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glitt'ring towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays. In a work... | |
| Samuel Owen - Thames River (England) - 1811 - 416 pages
...cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil. — Heav'ns, what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glitt'ring towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays. In a work... | |
| Benjamin Silliman - Great Britain - 1812 - 340 pages
...cultivation lies, And joys to see the labours of his toil. Heav'ns ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And giitt'ring towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! To this... | |
| John Britton, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1813 - 734 pages
...THE REV. J. HODGSON, AND MR. FC LAIRD. VOL. XII.— PART I. Hearens ! what a goodly prospect smiles around, Of hills and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towers, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays— Happy Britannia... | |
| Regina Maria Roche - 1814 - 274 pages
...rushed into temptation, and was subdued. CHAP. , CHAP. VI. " Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns,...towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching la:id-,cape into smoke decays !" WITHOUT fully explaining himself to the ting, lest of any premature... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...skies. XI. — Panegyric on Great .Brzto'tt.— THOMSON, HEAVENS ! what -a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glitt'ring towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! Happy Britannia... | |
| James Sargant Storer - 1816 - 826 pages
...lines of the poet Thomson, nerer were more aptly applied. " Hear'ns ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, " Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, " And glittering towns, and ocean wide, 'till all " The stretching landscape into smoke decays." It is howerer necessary to ohserre,... | |
| Regina Maria Roche - Friendship - 1816 - 272 pages
...he rushed into temptation, and was subdued. CHAPTER VI. * Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns,...till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays !' WITHOUT fully explaining himself to the king, lest of any premature discovery, he requested his... | |
| Regina Maria Roche - 1816 - 258 pages
...he rushed into temptation, and was subdued. CHAPTER VI. ' Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns,...till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays !' WITHOUT fully explaining himself to the king, lest of any premature discovery, he requested his... | |
| Joshua E. White - England - 1816 - 382 pages
...wonder of his toil. Heav'ns! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and wood, and lawns, and spires,; . And glittering towns, and...till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays.* The last rays of the setting sun shed a mild lustre over the verdant hills and meadows; and the approach... | |
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