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" WHEN I am in a serious humour, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey : where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who lie in it, are apt to fill... "
Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of ... - Page 114
by John Timbs - 1855 - 800 pages
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The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].

1744 - 348 pages
...Humour, I very often walk by myfelf in Weftmin/fer-Abbey; where the Gloominefs of the Place, and the Ufe to which it is applied, with the Solemnity of the...fill the Mind with a kind of Melancholy, or rather Thonghtfulnefs, that is not difagreeable. I Yefterday puffed a whole Afternoon in the Church-yard,...
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The Spectator: ...

1778 - 378 pages
...Weftminfter Abbey ; where the gloominefs of the place, and the ufe to which it is applied, with the folemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who...fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfijlnefs, that is not difagreeable. I yefterday pafled a whole afternoon in the church-yard,...
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Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, to which are added ...

Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...to which it is applied, with the Solemnity ol the Building, and the Condition of the People who lye 'in it, are apt to fill the Mind with a Kind of Melancholy, or rather Thoughtfulnefs, that is not difagreeable. I know that Entertainments of this Nature are apt to railc...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 4

1786 - 694 pages
...Weftminfter Abbey; where the gloominefs of the place, and the ufe to which it is applied, with the folemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who lie in it, arc apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulntfs, that is not diftgreeable....
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The Spectator. ...

1789 - 508 pages
...fuppofed from Cbelfea. See final Nrte to N" 7. the the ufe to which it is applied, with the folemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who...fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulnefs, that is not difagreeable. I yefterday paffed a whole afternoon in the church-yard,...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1789 - 416 pages
...Weftminfter Abbey ; where the gloominefs of the place, and the ufe to which it is applied, with the folemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a iind-of melancholy, or rather vhoughtfulnefs, that is not difagreeable. I yeiterday pafled a whole...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and ...

John Walker - 1801 - 424 pages
...in a serious humour, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey; where the gloominess of Hie place, and the use to which it is applied, with the...fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulhess, that is not disagreeable. Spectator, N° 26. If the latter .members of this sentence*...
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The Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians: Connected ..., Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1801 - 364 pages
...place, and the ufe to which it is applied, with the folemnity of the building, and the condition «f the people who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind <&th a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulnefs, that is not difagreeable. 'l yefterday pafled...
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The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII].

1803 - 420 pages
...below. CKEECH. WHEN I am in a serious humour, I very often •walk by myself in Westminster-Abbey ; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to...or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the church-yard, the cloisters, and the church, amusing myself...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

1803 - 434 pages
...house below. CREECH. WHEN I am in a serious humour, I very often walk by 'myself in Westminster-Abbey ; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to...or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the church-yard, the cloisters, and the church, amusing myself...
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