 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...  Aaron Burr: 1805-1836 - Page 42by Samuel Henry Wandell, Meade Minnigerode - 1925Full view - About this book
 | Aaron Burr - 1808 - 552 lehte
...our western forests. But he carried with him taste and science and wealth; and lo, the desert smiled! Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio,...that Shenstone might have envied, blooms around him. Music,that might have charmed Calypso and her nymphs, is his. An extensive library spreads its treasures... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 lehte
...western forests. But he carried with him taste and science and wealth ; and " lo, the desert smiled."' Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio,...rears upon it a palace and decorates it with every romantic^embelish-^ ment of fancy.. A shrubbery that ^henstone might have envied, blooms around him... | |
 | John Lambert - 1814 - 556 lehte
...western forests. But he carried with him taste, science, and wealth ; ' and lo! the desert smiled.' Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio,...rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every embellishment of fancy. A shrubbery that Shenstqne might have envied, blooms around him ; music that... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 lehte
...western forests. But he carried with him taste, and science, and wealth ; and " lo the desert smiled." Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a patece and decorates it with every romantic embellishment of fancy. A shrubbery, that Shenstone might... | |
 | John Lambert - 1816 - 552 lehte
...Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every embellishment of fancy. A shrubbery that Shenstone...blooms around him ; music that might have charmed Calliope and her nymphs, is his ; an extensive library spreads its treasures before him ; a philosophical... | |
 | George Watterston - 1818 - 158 lehte
...But he carried with him," says Mr. Wirt, " taste, science and wealth, and ' lo the desart smiled.' Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio,...it a palace, and decorates it with every romantic embelishment of fancy. A shrubbery that Shenstone might have envied, blooms around him ; music that... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 lehte
...western forests. But he carried with him taste and science and wealth ; and " lo, the desert smiled." Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio,...offers to him all the secrets and mysteries of nature j peace, tranquility and innocence shed their mingled delights around him ; and to crown the enchantment... | |
 | 1828 - 394 lehte
...western forests. But he carried with him taste and science and wealth ; and " lo, the desert smiled." Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio,...that Shenstone might have envied, blooms around him ; musick that might have charmed Calypso and her nymphs, is his ; an extensive library spreads its... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 lehte
...native of Ireland, a man of letters, who fled from the storms of his own country, to find quiet in ours. Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio,...envied, blooms around him. Music, that might have charm! ed Calypso and her nymphs, is his. .An extensive library spreads its treasures before him. A... | |
 | William Sullivan - 1834 - 398 lehte
...western " forests. But he carried with him taste, science, and " wealth; and lo ! the desert smiled. Possessing himself of " a beautiful island, in the...rears upon it a palace, " and decorates it with every embellishment of fancy. A shrubbery, that Shenstone might have envied, blooms around him. Music, that... | |
| |
