 | Thomas Earnshaw Bradley - 1883 - 842 pages
...epitome. . . . the whole world's map, which you may here discern in its perfectest motion, jostling and turning. It is a heap of stones and men, with...languages ; and were the steeple not sanctified, nothing were liker Babel. The noise in it is like that of bees, a strange humming or buzzing, mixed of walking,... | |
 | Henry Morley - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1891 - 460 pages
...Britain. It is more than this, the whole world's map, which you may here discern in its perfectest motion, justling and turning. It is a heap of stones...the steeple not sanctified, nothing liker Babel. The noise in it is like that of bees, a strange humming or buzz mixed of walking tongues and feet : it... | |
 | 1930 - 688 pages
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 | 1925 - 672 pages
...middle aisle was called " Paul's Walk." Bishop Earle, in his " Microcosmography " (1628), calls it " a heap of stones and men, with a vast confusion of languages. The noise in it is like that of bees — a kind of still roar or loud whisper. It is the great exchange... | |
 | English periodicals - 1893 - 822 pages
...Britain. It is more than this. The whole world's map, which you may here discern in its perfectest motion, justling and turning. It is a heap of stones...languages ; and were the steeple not sanctified nothing like Babel. The noise in it is like that of bees, a strange hum, mixed of walking tongues and feet... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - Miracles - 1894 - 636 pages
...than this, it is the whole world's map, which you may here discern in its perfectest motion, jostling and turning. It is a heap of stones and men with a...languages ; and, were the steeple not sanctified, nothing could be liker Babel. The noise in it is like that of bees, a strange humming or buzzing, mixed of... | |
 | 1905 - 736 pages
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 | John Earle - Characters and characteristics - 1899 - 204 pages
...Britain. It is more than this, the whole world's map, which you may here discern in its perfectest motion, justling and turning. It is a heap of stones...the steeple not sanctified, nothing liker Babel. The noise in it is like that of bees, a strange humming or buzz mixed of walking tongues and feet : it... | |
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - 1899 - 610 pages
...woorlde's map, which you may here discerne in its perfect motion, justling and turning. It is an heape of stones and men, with a vast confusion of languages,...and were the steeple not sanctified, nothing liker Babell. The noyse of it is like that of bees, an humming buzze mixed with walking tongues, and feet.... | |
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The noise in it is like that of bees, a strange humming or buzz mixed of walking tongues and feet: it is a kind of still roar or loud whisper. It is the great exchange of all discourse, and no business whatsoever but is here stirring and a-foot. 
