 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 σελίδες
...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 !... | |
 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1831 - 364 σελίδες
...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!...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | John Galt - 1831 - 336 σελίδες
...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...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, • Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror to my aching sight ; the tombs... | |
 | John Galt - 1831 - 332 σελίδες
...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...rear their marble 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... | |
 | British theatre - 1831 - 922 σελίδες
...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,... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 σελίδες
...1821, Falsehood is just as distant from truth, as the eyes are from the cars. — Thales. f -~ 414 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... | |
 | Edwin Llewellyn Shuman - 1910 - 268 σελίδες
...declared by Dr. Johnson (somewhat extravagantly) to be the finest poetical passage he had ever read: — 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! It... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1910 - 352 σελίδες
...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.' "... | |
 | William Congreve - 1912 - 482 σελίδες
...Whistling through hollows of this vaulted aisle. We'll listen. Leon. Hark! Alm. No, all is hushed, and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, sc Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its... | |
 | 1884 - 820 σελίδες
...the great cathedral on the awe-struck beholder : " All is hushed and still as death. 'Tis dreadful I How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble beads To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable,... | |
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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 chilness to my .trembling heart. 
