 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 504 σελίδες
...transient wind Whistling thro' hollows of this vaulted isle : We'll listen — LEONORA. Hark! ALMERIA. 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 stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 σελίδες
...when he made a lord. § 89. Description of an ancient Cathedral. CONGREVE. Tis dreadful : How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile Whose ancient pillars...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable! Looking tranquillity ; it strikes... | |
 | John Evans - 1818 - 564 σελίδες
...sensations of 7* DISSENTERS. solemnity. To use the language of Congreve, in his Mourning Bride : — How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble head, To bear aloft its arch'd and pnnd'rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovoahle,... | |
 | Pierce Egan - 1819 - 398 σελίδες
...pen-nailes and spires, evidently intended for figures ; at present, however, they have no tenants." 'Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall...arch'd and pondrous roof ! By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable. Looking tranquilly, it strikes an awe And terror to my aching right ! The... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 σελίδες
...Whistling through hollows of this vaulted aisle. We'll listen Leon. Hark ! Aim. No, all is hushed, and still as death — 'tis dreadful! How reverend...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity. It... | |
 | 1819 - 896 σελίδες
...to illustrate my meaning, and to gratify my readers, by a passage from " The Mourning Bride."— • How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By it* own weight made steadfast anil immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! it strikes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 426 σελίδες
...transient wind Whistling thro' hollows of this vaulted isle : Well listen— LEONORA. Hark I ALMERIA. 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 stedfast and immoveabler Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 430 σελίδες
...transient wind Whistling through hollows of this vaulted isle : We'll listea — LEONORA. Hark! ALMERIA. 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 stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 416 σελίδες
...transient wind . Whistling thro' hollows of this vaulted isle ; We'll listen— LEONORA. • Hark! ALMERIA. 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 stedfast and immoveabli Looking tranquillity 1 It strikes an... | |
 | Thomas Zouch, Francis Wrangham - 1820 - 466 σελίδες
...truth and nature. The following passage is deemed by Dr. Johnson to be superior to any in Shakspeare ! All is hush'd, and still as death — "Tis dreadful!...ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft it's arch'd and ponderous roof, By it's own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity.... | |
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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. 
