| Augustus Bozzi Granville - 1828 - 660 páginas
...is hush'd and still as death I 'tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, A\Tiose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs... | |
| 1828 - 560 páginas
...aisle of the Temple, she thus addresses Leonora : — " How rev Vend is the face of this toll pue, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd »nd ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 396 páginas
...himself, remains immovable, and smiles at the madness of the dance about him ! Drydea. How revered is the face of this tall pile. Whose ancient pillars...rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable. Congrew. Immovably firm to their duty,... | |
| Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 páginas
...isJu. We'll Helen—- • Lean. Hark!— А/ ¡л. No, all ¡a hushed, and still as death.— 'Tia dreadful. " How reverend is the face of this tall...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and pond'rous roof; By its own weight made btedfast and ¡mmoveable, Looking tranquillity !... | |
| John Galt - 1831 - 336 páginas
...extravagant eulogium of Dr. Johnson — it is the description of the interior of a cathedral : — " Now all is hush'd, and still as death,— 'tis dreadful...heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, • Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror to my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental... | |
| John Galt - 1831 - 332 páginas
...extravagant eulogium of Dr. Johnson — it is the description of the interior of a cathedral: — " Now all is hush'd, and still as death, — 'tis dreadful...heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror to my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves... | |
| British theatre - 1831 - 922 páginas
...listen — Leon. Hark! Ahn. ."So, all is hush'd, and still as -Ir:il'i — 1 'tis dreadful! How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To hear aloft its arch and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveahle, Looking tranquillity,... | |
| Alexander Malcolm Williams - 1909 - 454 páginas
...thunderbolts Transfix us to the bottom of this gulf. Awake, arise or be for ever fall'n. (Milton.) (5) How reverend is the face of this tall pile Whose ancient...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It... | |
| James Boswell - 1852
...mentioned the description of Dover Cliff. JOHNSON : " No, Sir ; it should 1 Act ii. sc. 3. — MALONE. " How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heada, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and unmoveable,... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1910 - 352 páginas
...recollection of a passage. The lines he had in his mind are from Congreve's ' Mourning Bride,' II, 1 : ' How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity.' "... | |
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