 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 452 pages
...We'll listen— LEONORA. Hark! ALMERIA. No, all is hush'd and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful .' How reverend is the face of this tall pile; Whose...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 446 pages
...We'll listen— LEONORA. Hark! ALMERIA. No, all is hush'd and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful '. How reverend is the face of this tall pile; Whose...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | 1824 - 348 pages
...the disorder make me Tumble down headlong. Awe and Fear. NOW, all is hush'd and still as deathHow, reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient...heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, 15y its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! it strikes un awe And a terror... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 394 pages
...Hark ! ALHERIA. ' No, all is hush'd and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful! How reverend is the i'ace of this tall pile ; Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its areh'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 398 pages
...describe this." And then he burst out with his usual warmth : " ' How reverend is the face of thi* tall pile, ' Whose ancient pillars rear their marble...pond'rous roof, • By its own weight made stedfast and immoveaUe, ' Looking tranquillity !' " (a) " I allow all this," said Tremaine, " and have (a) Congreve.... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 394 pages
...sparklers of his time, was able to describe this." And then he burst out with his usual warmth : " • How reverend is the face of this tall pile, ' Whose...heads, • To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, 4 By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, ' Looking tranquillity!' " (a) " I allow all this,"... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 pages
...Mourning Bride of Congreve; and the structure of a noble cathedral is delineated in a masterly manner. How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...: We'll listen— LEONORA. Hark! ALMERIA. No, all is hush'd and still as death. — Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile ; Whose...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveablc. Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pages
...: We'll listen— LEONORA. Hark! ALMERIA. No, all is hush'd and still as death. — Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile ; Whose...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pages
...Mourning Bride of Congreve ; and the structure of a noble cathedral is delineated in a masterly manner. How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an... | |
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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. 
