 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.  Bell's British Theatre - Stran 31uredili: - 1797Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 strani
...transient wind Whistling thro' hollows of this vaulted aisle : 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 immoveablc. Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 394 strani
...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,"... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 strani
...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...this tall pile ; Whose ancient pillars rear their marhle heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 520 strani
...vaulted isle : We'll listen — LEONORA. Hark! ALMERIA. No, all is hush'd and still as death. — "Pis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight madfe stedfast and immoveablc, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 strani
...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... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 strani
...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... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 strani
...her thistle. And like a true Briton he merry and free. LINLITHGOW PALACE, SCOTLAND. " How reverend 19 the face of this tall pile ; Whose ancient pillars...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roofs, By m own weight m nle steittast and immoveahle ; Looking tranquillity.'' llNLITHGOW,... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - 1825 - 676 strani
...fine lines, and the subjoined dimensions, the reader will have some idea of this beautiful chapel. " How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their rocky heads To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immovable... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 446 strani
...through hollows of this vaulted aisle : We'll listen— Leonora. Hark ! Alaieria. No, all is IiushM and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful ! How reverend...arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and iaioioreabJe,, .. .• nquillity ' it strikes an awe Looking tranqui And terror on my... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 430 strani
...the following passage from Almeria's speech is the one on which the remarks above were chiefly made. How reverend is the face of this tall pile; Whose...arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its. own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the... | |
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