 like the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind ;" so thoroughly had nine-tenths of them taken up their abode in the bread basket (vide Jon Bee) of the Man-Mountain ; the remaining tenth sufficed for the rest of the company, viz.  Chambers' Edinburgh Journal - Page 241841Full view - About this book
 | England - 1829 - 840 pages
...daughters of Danaus ; it was insatiable. Cold veal, eggs, bacon-ham, and Welsh rabbit, disappeared " like the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind ;" so thoroughly had nine-tenths of them taken up their abode in the bread basket (vide Jon Bee) of... | |
 | Frederick Butler - World history - 1819 - 412 pages
...under the appellation of the grand army, had marched into Russia victorious ; when it reached Poland, had vanished " like the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind." The armies of Prussia, which entered Russia by the way of Ri".a, returned entire, and the army of Austria... | |
 | Elizabeth Isabella Spence - 1827 - 972 pages
...anger or fear ; but on turning, it might be to answer him, he had (as in the early part of the night) vanished, " like the baseless fabric of a vision. And left not a track behind," for he was no where to be seen. The king, perceiving her embarrassment, with all that... | |
 | 1829 - 512 pages
...daughters of Danaus ; it was insatiable. Cold veal, eggs, bacon-ham, and Welsh rabbit disappeared " like the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind;" so thoroughly had nine-tenths of them taken up their abode in the bread basket (vide John Bee) of the... | |
 | England - 1829 - 846 pages
...daughters of Danaus ; it was insatiable. Cold veal, eggs, bacon-ham, and Welsh rabbit, disappeared " like the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind ;" so thoroughly had nine-tenths of them taken up their abode in the bread basket (vide Jon Bee) of... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - Irish fiction - 1830 - 366 pages
...kingly Priam. The gorgeous palaces, the magnificent temples, the gilded halls, the stately columns, have vanished like " the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind." The only mansion in the modern village deserving to be called a house, is the khan of the governor,... | |
 | Jonas Dennis - Gardens - 1835 - 158 pages
...inappropriate, ill-judged, and ill-placed. Nearly all these numerous productions of bad taste have eventually "vanished like the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind." Another improver of English taste was Brown, who judiciously studied the local capability of each subject... | |
 | Robert Macnish - 1838 - 502 pages
...daughters of Danans ; it was insatiable. Cold veal, eggs, bacon-ham , and Welsh rabbit, disappeared " like the baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind ;" so thoroughly had nine-tenths of them taken up their abode in the bread basket (vide Jon Bee) of... | |
 | William Howitt - Durham (England : County) - 1840 - 548 pages
...struck with a speechless consternation ! In " the immortal bard's" own words, all the precious relies had Vanished like the baseless fabric of a vision....was a very naked one indeed, — all the imposing relies were gone, and a rival shop was set up with them ! She looked upon herself as swindled. She... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1840 - 508 pages
...intrigues — it was at this moment of aspiration and ardent hope, that all their power and prospects vanished, like the " baseless fabric of a vision, and left not a wreck behind." In 1767 Charles III., king of Spain, formed the bold design of expelling all the Jesuits from his dominions.... | |
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