 ... a venerable old man, a Nestor, or an Ossian, who has witnessed and survived the ravages of successive generations, the companions of his youth and of his maturity, and now mourns his own solitary and desolate condition, and hails their spirits in...  The Letters of the British Spy - Pàgina 76per William Wirt - 1805 - 128 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Wirt - 1813 - 204 pàgines
...ruin with her own powers; imagines it a fellow being; a venerable old man; a Nestor, or an Ossian, who has witnessed and survived the ravages of successive...his own solitary and desolate condition, and hails Iheir spirits in every passing cloud? Whatever may be the cause, as I look at it, I feel my soul drawn... | |
 | 1848 - 780 pàgines
...ruin with her own powers; imagines it a fellow-being; a venerable old man, a Nestor, or an Ossian, who has witnessed and survived the ravages of successive...own solitary and desolate condition, and hails their spirit in every passing cloud : " Where is the busy bustling crowd which landed here two hundred years... | |
 | William Wirt - 1837 - 280 pàgines
...ruin with her own powers ; imagines it a fellow being ; a venerable old man, a Nestor, or an Ossian, who has witnessed and survived the ravages of successive...it, I feel my soul drawn forward, as by the cords of gen tlest sympathy, and involuntarily open my lips to offer consolation to the drooping pile. Where,... | |
 | 1840 - 494 pàgines
...ruin with her own powers ; imagine it a fellow-being ; a venerable old man, a Nestor, or an Ossian, who has witnessed and survived the ravages of successive...condition, and hails their spirits in every passing cloud 1 Whatever may be the cause, as I look at it, I feel my soul drawn forward, as by the cords of gentlest... | |
 | William Wirt - 1844 - 278 pàgines
...ruin with her own powers; imagines it a fellow being; a venerable old man, a Nestor, or an Ossian, who has witnessed and survived the ravages of successive...passing cloud? Whatever may be the cause, as I look at it,-1 feel m^ soul drawn forward, as by the cords of gen tlest sympathy, and involuntarily open my... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 616 pàgines
...ruin with her own powers ; imagines it a fellow-being ; a venerable old man, a Nestor, or an Ossian, who has witnessed and survived the ravages of successive...gentlest sympathy, and involuntarily open my lips to oner consolation to the drooping pile. Where, my S is the busy, bustling crowd which landed here two... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 596 pàgines
...ruin with her own powers ; imagines it a fellow-being ; a venerable old man, a Nestor, or an Ossian, who has witnessed and survived the ravages of successive...mourns his own solitary and desolate condition, and bails their spirits in every passing cloud 1 Whatever may be the cause, as I look at it, I feel my... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 pàgines
...ruins with her own powers ; imagines it a fellow-being — a venerable old man, a Nestor or an Ossian, who has witnessed and survived the ravages of successive...lips to offer consolation to the drooping pile."' Around this " Old cradle of our infant world, •In which a nestling empire lay," the Spirit of Romance... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 946 pàgines
...ruins with her own powers ; imagines it a fellow-being — a venerable old man, a Nestor or an Ossian, who has witnessed and survived the ravages of successive...open my lips to offer consolation to the drooping pile."1 Around this " Old cradle of our infant world, In which a nestling empire lay," the Spirit of... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 pàgines
...ruins with her own powers ; imagines it a fellow-being — a venerable old man, a Nestor or an Ossian, who has witnessed and survived the ravages of successive...open my lips to offer consolation to the drooping pile."1 Around this " Old cradle of our infant world, In which a nestling empire lay," the Spirit of... | |
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