| William Graeme Rhind - 1844 - Počet stránok 456
...beautifully speaks of the subterranean town formed by the excavation of the salt : — " Thus cavern 'd round in Cracow's mighty mines, With crystal walls a gorgeous city shines ; Scoop'd in the living rock long streets extend Their hoary course, and glittering domes ascend. •... | |
| Henry Sowerby - 1850 - Počet stránok 410
...immense as actually to contain a town, with a market-place, a river, and a church ! " Thus caverned round in Cracow's mighty mines, With crystal walls a gorgeous city shines ; Scooped in the briny rock long streets extend Their hoary course, and glittering domes ascend ; Down... | |
| William Denton - 1872 - Počet stránok 348
...pulpit,all of salt. Dr. Darwin, in his" Botanic Garden," referring to this mine, says, — " Thus caverned round in Cracow's mighty mines. With crystal walls a gorgeous city shines; Scooped in the briny rock, long streets extend Their hoary course, and glittering domes ascend; Down... | |
| Leopold Brandl - 1909 - Počet stránok 552
...fused by earth-born fires, in cubic blocks Shoot their white forms, and harden into rocks. (H, 123 f.) Thus, cavern'd round in Cracow's mighty mines, With crystal walls a gorgeous city shines; Scoop'd in the briny rock lang streets extend Their hoary course, and glittering domes ascend; Down... | |
| Harry Kemp - 1927 - Počet stránok 482
...which the subterranean inhabitants are said to know when the weather is fair above ground.) —Caverned round in CRACOW'S mighty mines, With crystal walls a gorgeous city shines; Scooped in the briny rock long streets extend Their hoary course, and glittering domes ascend; Down... | |
| Noah Heringman - 2004 - Počet stránok 340
...crystalline form of salt, for example, endows an extensive salt mine in Poland with Gothic grandeur: "Thus, cavern'd round in CRACOW'S mighty mines, / With crystal walls a gorgeous city shines" (125-26). Another product of the "chissel nice," a statue depicting—unsurprisingly—Lot's wife,... | |
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