...certain verses of that sweetest of modern pocts, Cowper : — " 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world — to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the erowd r— To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound...

...windows, for the purpose of excluding the view of the public from those rooms where parties wish to sit to see the " stir of the great Babel and not feel the crowd." In other words, they are very effective in ensuring protection from the public gaze, whilst they scarcely...

...windows, for the purpose of excluding tlie view of the public from those rooms where parties wish to sit to see the " stir of the great Babel and not feel the crowd." In other words, they are very effective in ensuring protection from the public gaze, whilst they "scarcely...

...end At his own wonders, wand'ring for his bread. 'Tts pleasant, through the loopholes of retre-.t, 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...

...collected industriously. Then, indeed, through such a loophole we might really peep at the world, and " see the stir of the great Babel and not feel the crowd." But now, let us look at the contrast. Does any body suppose that the expense in money of an establishment...

...cool as in a tree ? And near to the top, I was safe from a pop. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, 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...

...with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'Tt> pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the erowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound...

...of the scampering post-boy, bringing all London at his back, and our evening's joy shall be, — " To see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd." Blessed be Lady Austen, — the only Task-master we ever loved ; and blessed be Cowper, who certainly...

...appropriate, that a quotation from them may, perhaps, be pardoned. " 'T is pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, 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,...

...veteran royalist, in the language of Cowper, might exclaim, " Tis pleasant, through the loop-holes of retreat, " 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 "...