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" The silence of the tomb is substituted for the hum of public places. The opulence of a commercial city is changed into hideous poverty. The palaces of kings are become the receptacle of deer, and unclean reptiles inhabit the sanctuary of the gods. What... "
The National Quarterly Review - Pàgina 257
editat per - 1866
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The Ruins: Or a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires. By M. Volney ...

Constantin-François Volney - 1796 - 426 pàgines
...crowded under thefe porticos, the folitude of death has fucceeded. The filence of the tomb is fubftituted for the hum of public .places. The opulence of a commercial...receptacle of deer, and unclean reptiles inhabit the fanctuary of the Gods. . . .What glory is here cclipfed, and how many labours are annihilated ! . ....
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The Ruins, Or, A Survey of the Revolutions of Empires

Constantin-François Volney - 1796 - 432 pàgines
...under thefe porticos, the folitude of death has fucceeded, The filence of the , tomb is fubftituted for the hum of public places. The opulence of a commercial...receptacle of deer, and unclean reptiles inhabit the fanctuary of the^Gods. . . .What glory is here eclipfed, and how many labours are annihilated ! . ....
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volum 16

460 pàgines
...folitude of death has fucc^eded. The Clence of the tomb is fubftituted for the hum ofpublic~places. The opulence of a commercial city is changed into...receptacle of deer, and unclean reptiles inhabit the fandluary of the gods. What giory is here eclipfed, and how many labourers are annihilated ! Thus perim...
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The Columbian Reader: Comprising a New and Various Selection of Elegant ...

Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 pàgines
...solitude of death. The silence of the grave is substituted for the hum. of public places ; thewealth of a commercial city is changed into hideous poverty ; the palaces of kings become the den of wild beasts ; flocks fold on the area of the temples, and filthy reptiles inhabit...
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Volney's Ruins: Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires

Constantin-François Volney - 1835 - 224 pàgines
...porticoes has succeeded the solitude of death. The silent* of the tomb is substituted for the bustle of public places. The opulence of a commercial city...into hideous poverty. The palaces of kings are become a den of wild beasts; flocks fold on the area of the temple, and unclean reptiles inhabit the sanctuary...
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The ruins; or, A survey of the revolutions of empires. To which is added ...

Constantin François de Chassebœuf comte de Volney - 1835 - 336 pàgines
...porticos, the solitude of death has succeeded. The silence of the tomh is suhstituted for the hum of polite places. The opulence of a commercial city is changed into hideous poverty. The palaces of kings are hecome the receptacle of deer, and unclean reptiles inhahit the sanctuary of the gods. What glory is...
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The Nun, and Other Poems

Ann Richter - 1841 - 204 pàgines
...lang syne." KENILWORTH. "To the numerous throng which once crowded these portals of ancient grandeur, the solitude of death has succeeded : the silence of the tomb is substituted for the noise of revelry and mirth ; and the chambers of royalty are now the receptacles of the croaking raven...
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The Bible of Nature, and Substance of Virtue, Condensed from the Scriptures ...

1842 - 1124 pàgines
...porticoes has succeeded the solitude of death. The silence of the tomb is substituted for the bustle of public places. The opulence of a commercial city...into hideous poverty. The palaces of kings are become a den of wild beasts ; flocks fold on the area of the temple, and unclean reptiles inhabit the sanctury...
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The Ruins, Or, A Survey of the Revolutions of Empires: To which is Added ...

Constantin-François Volney - 1849 - 256 pàgines
...the purple of Tyre was exchanged for the precious thread of Serica ; the soft tissues of Cassimere for the sumptuous carpets of Lydia ; the amber of...the gods. What glory is here eclipsed, and how many labours are annihilated ! — Thus perish the works of men, and thus do nations and empires vanish...
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Documents, Messages and Other Communications, Made to the ..., Volum 16,Part 2

Ohio. General Assembly - 1852 - 716 pàgines
...porticoes has succeeded the solitude of death. The silence of the tomb is substituted for the hustle of public places. The opulence of a commercial city is changed into hideous poverty. The palaces of the rich hare become a den of wild beasts, flocks fold on the area of the temple, and unclean reptiles...
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