 Going down upon the margin of the green sea, 'rolling on before the door, and filling all the streets, I came upon a place of such surpassing beauty, and such grandeur, that all the rest was poor and faded, in comparison with its absorbing loveliness....  Works of Charles Dickens - Page 75by Charles Dickens - 1877Full view - About this book
 | 1846 - 608 pages
...surpassing beauty, and such grandeur, thai all the rest was puor and faded, in comparison with its ihsorbing loveliness. It was a great piazza, as I thought ;...all the rest, in the deep ocean. On its broad bosom waa a palace, more tiajestic and magnificent in its old age than ill the buildings of the earth, in... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1846 - 212 pages
...before the door, and filling all the streets, I came upon a place of such surpassing beauty, and such grandeur, that all the rest was poor and faded, in...of their youth. Cloisters and galleries : so light, that they might have been the work of fairy hands : so strong that centuries had battered them in vain... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1846 - 96 pages
...the streets, 1 cair.e upon a place of such surpassing beauty, and such grandeur, that all the lest was poor and faded, in comparison with its absorbing...buildings of the earth, in the high prime and fulness ol their youth. Cloisters and galleries: so light, they might have been the work of fairy hands : so... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 620 pages
...and filling ; 11 the street«, I came upon a place of tuch surpassing beauty, and such grandeur, thai all the rest was poor and faded, in comparison with...thought; anchored, like all the rest, in the deep oce.in. On its broad bosom waa a palace, more majestic and magnificent in its old age than all the... | |
 | Randal William McGavock - 1854 - 418 pages
...before the door, and filling all the streets, we came upon a place of such surpassing beauty and such grandeur, that all the rest was poor and faded in comparison with its absorbing loveliness." It was the great Piazza of St. Mark, so renowned in story and rich in elegant structures. On the east side... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1868 - 662 pages
...before the duor, and filling all the streets, I came upon a place of such surpassing beauty, and such grandeur, that all the rest was poor and faded, in...loveliness. It was a great Piazza, as I thought ; anchored, hke all the rest, in the deep ocean. On its broad bosom, was- a Palace, more majestic and magnificent... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1869 - 390 pages
...extolled it as " a place of surpassing beauty and grandeur/' On its broad bosom, he continues,* is a palace, more majestic and magnificent in its old...high prime and fulness of their youth. Cloisters and galleries—so light, they might have been the work of fairy hands; so strong, that centuries have... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1877 - 398 pages
...before the door, and filling all the streets, I came npon a place of such surpassing beauty, and such grandeur, that all the rest was poor and faded in...all the buildings of the earth in the high prime and fullness of their youth. Cloisters aud galleries, so light they might have been the work of fairy hands,... | |
 | 1872 - 970 pages
...and tilling all the streets, I came upon a place of such surpassing beauty and such grandeur t hat all the rest was poor and faded in comparison with...anchored, like all the rest, in the deep ocean. On its uroad bosom was a palace, more majestic and magnificent iii its old age than all the imildings of the... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1876 - 556 pages
...ore." "It is a great piazza, anchored, like all the rest, in the deep ocean. On its broad bosom, is a palace, more majestic and magnificent in its old...youth. Cloisters and galleries ; so light, they might be the work of fairy hands ; so strong that centuries have battered them in vain ; wind round and round... | |
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