 The Earth goes on the Earth glittering with gold ; The Earth goes to the Earth sooner than it wold ; The Earth builds on the Earth castles and towers ; The Earth says to the Earth, All this is ours.  Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands - Seite 149von Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1854 - 432 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Scotch haggis - 1822 - 344 Seiten
...have any reference to that family. The earth goeth on the earth, Glistering like gold, The earth goeth to the earth, Sooner than it wold. The earth builds...towers, The earth says to the earth, All shall be ours. ON JDUNDEE RCJRIAL GROUND.] Here lies a man, Come of Adam and Eve, If any will climb higher I .give... | |
 | 1825 - 426 Seiten
...like gold ; The Earth goes to the Earth sooner than it wold ; i'lir Earth bnilds en the Earth catties and .towers ; The Earth says to the Earth, All shall be ours;" and to observe, that I should think I had not come to Scotland in vain, were it only Tor the feelings... | |
 | 1834 - 182 Seiten
...as an ancient inscription found at Melrose Abbey :— " The earth goeth on the earth, glistening in gold ; The earth goes to the earth sooner than it...The earth says to the earth—" All shall be ours !" THE PARTED. Though nothing can he more honourable than opulence acquired by industry, it often happens... | |
 | 1851 - 486 Seiten
...inscription found at M drone Abbey:— The earth goeth on the earth, glistering in gold ; The earth goos to the earth sooner than it wold ; The earth builds...The earth says to the earth—" All shall be ours I " A beggar, some time ago, applied for alms at the door of a partisan of the Anti-begging Society.... | |
 | George Willis - 1852 - 114 Seiten
...I saw one which bore a singularly quaint inscription. The earth goeth on the earth Glist'niug like gold ; The earth goes to the earth Sooner than it...towers ; The earth says to the earth All shall be ours. On the other side of the tombstone was, as well as I remember, James Ramsay, Portioncr of Melrose,... | |
 | Willis's Current notes - 1852 - 504 Seiten
...saw one which bore a singularly quaint inscription. The earth goetli on the earth Glist'niiig like gold ; The earth goes to the earth Sooner than it...towers ; The earth says to the earth All shall be oars. On the other side of the tombstone was, as well as I remember, James Ramsay, Portioner of Melrose,... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1854 - 448 Seiten
...of the mob ; and in those days a man was fomous according as he had lifted up axes upon the carved Melrose was considered for many years merely a stone...factotum. In his diary, when he hears of the wreck of his fortune?, Scott says of this serving man, " Poor Tom Purdie, such news will wring your heart, and many... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1855 - 422 Seiten
...very well, though in a riddle : " The Earth goeth on the Earth, glistening like gold : The Earth goeth to the Earth sooner than it wold : The Earth builds...: The Earth says to the Earth, all shall be ours." Walter Scott used to repeat this old epitaph with a tone and manner that added, if possible, to its... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1855 - 424 Seiten
...the Earth, glistening like gold: The Earth goeth to the Earth sooner than it wold: The Earth huilds on the Earth castles and towers : The Earth says to the Earth, all shall be ours." Walter Scott used to repeat this old epitaph with a tone and manner that added, if possible, to its... | |
 | Joel Edson Rockwell - 1860 - 356 Seiten
...but striking inscription : " The Earth goeth on the Earth, Glistening like gold — The Earth goeth to the Earth Sooner than it wold — The Earth builds...— The Earth says to the Earth, All shall be ours." Leaving this scene we cross the Tweed by a slender suspension bridge to the home of our friend Mr.... | |
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