 | Orators - 1859 - 370 pages
...wealth; and "lo, the desert smiled." Possessing himself of a beautiful island. in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace and decorates it with every romantic embellishment...offers to him all the secrets and mysteries of nature ; peace, tranquillity and innocence shed their mingled delights around him ; and to crown the enchantment... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...; and, lo ! the desert smiled. Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace and decorates it with every romantic embellishment...offers to him all the secrets and mysteries of nature. Peace, tranquillity, and innocence shed their mingled delights around him. And, to crown the enchantment... | |
 | Frank Moore - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1859 - 712 pages
...wealth ; and lo, the desert smiled ! Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohx>, he rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every romantic...that Shenstone might have envied, blooms around him. Mnsio that might have charmed Calypso and her nymphs is his. An extensive library spreads its treasures... | |
 | John Warner Barber - United States - 1860 - 478 pages
...ours. Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace, and deco rates it with every romantic embellishment of fancy. A shrubbery,...offers to him all the secrets and mysteries of nature ; peace, tranquillity, and innocence, shed their mmgled delights around him; and to crown the enchantment... | |
 | William Harrison Safford - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1861 - 720 pages
...than, perhaps, it would have otherwise attained, it is here inserted : " A shrubbery, which IShenstone might have envied, blooms around him ; music that...; a philosophical apparatus offers to him all the mysteries and secrets of nature; peace, tranquillity and innocence shed their mingled delights around... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...; and, lo ! the desert smiled. Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace and decorates it with every romantic embellishment...offers to him all the secrets and mysteries of nature. Peace, tranquillity, and innocence shed their mingled delights around him. And, to crown the enchantment... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1862 - 564 pages
...lo, the desert smiled ! " Possessing himself of a beau' i • 'ii 1 island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every romantic...offers to him all the secrets and mysteries of nature. Peace, tranquillity and innocence, shed their mingled delights around him. And, to crown the enchantment... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...; and, lo ! the desert smiled. Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace and decorates it with every romantic embellishment of fancy. A shrubbery that Shenstone might have envicd blooms around him. Music that might have charmed Calypso and her nymphs is his. An extensive... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 614 pages
...and " lo, the desert smiled !" Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every romantic embellishment of fancy. A shrubbery that Shenstonc4 might have en1 Trans nm ta' tion, a change into another substance or form. — 'Legerdemain... | |
 | William Harrison Safford - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1864 - 694 pages
...interest than, perhaps, it would have otherwise attained, it is here inserted : "A shrubbery, which Shenstone might have envied, blooms around him ; music...; a philosophical apparatus offers to him all the mysteries and secrets of nature ; peace, tranquillity and innocence shed their mingled delights around... | |
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Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace and decorates it with every romantic embellishment of fancy. A shrubbery, that Shenstone might have envied, blooms around him. Music, that might have charmed Calypso and her... 
