 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1831 - 364 страници
...pleasures of man, where he might pursue the chase, and hew the venerable oaks as his occasion required. No, all is hush'd, and still as death :—'tis dreadful!...arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight. 1... | |
 | John Galt - 1831 - 336 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 страници
...vaulted aille: We'll listen— LEONORA. Hark! ALMERÍA. No, all Is hush'd and still as death.— Tie dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile,...arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made pieadfaal and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! it strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ;... | |
 | Eneas Mackenzie, Marvin Ross - 1834 - 482 страници
...whole precludes, for some time at least, every idea of examining the parts of which it is composed. " How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity." The length of the nave is 210 feet ; and its breadth,... | |
 | Eneas Mackenzie - 1834 - 502 страници
...whole precludes, for some time at least, every idea of examining the parts of which it is composed. " How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity." The length of the nave is 240 feet ; and its breadth,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1835 - 158 страници
...manage the emphasis, slur, and expression, in the manner in which he has heretofore been directed. 752. How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...arch'd* and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terroi on my aching sight :... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 346 страници
...simply a description of material objects, without any intermixture of moral notions ( 2 ), which (1) [" How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and unmoveable, Looking tranquillity!.— It strikes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 348 страници
...simply a description of material objects, without any intermixture of moral notions (2), which (1) [" How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and unmoveable, Looking tranquillity ! — It strikes... | |
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Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart. 
