 | George Pepper - 1829 - 486 σελίδες
...in the Cathedral : — " No — all is hush'd and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful ! How reverend 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 immovcable ; Looking tranquillity ! It strikes... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 σελίδες
...• Lean. Hark!— А/ ¡л. No, all ¡a hushed, and still as death.— 'Tia dreadful. " How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient 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
...oaks as his occasion required. No, all is hush'd, and still as death :—'tis dreadful! How reverend 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 immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | University of Calcutta - 1908 - 562 σελίδες
...how could'st thou hope, who took'st the way To raise in me inexpiable hate. (7) Almcria. How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable Looking tranquillity. It... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 572 σελίδες
...We'll listen — Leo. Hark! Aim. No, all is hush'd and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful ! How reverend 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... | |
 | Alexander Malcolm Williams - 1909 - 454 σελίδες
...Transfix us to the bottom of this gulf. Awake, arise or be for ever fall'n. (Milton.) (5) How reverend is the face of this tall pile Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...description of Dover Cliff. JOHNSON : " No, Sir ; it should 1 Act ii. sc. 3. — MALONE. " How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heada, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and unmoveable,... | |
 | Edwin Llewellyn Shuman - 1910 - 268 σελίδες
...Johnson (somewhat extravagantly) to be the finest poetical passage he had ever read : — How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient 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
...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 ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity.' "... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 602 σελίδες
...arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and unmovable, Looking tranquillity I—it strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight. The tombs And monumental caves of death look be found in Shakspeare. Sir, a man may have no more than tt: guineas in the world, but he may have... | |
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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. 
