 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1804 - 740 pages
...effect in a Gothic church, is finely described by Congreve : No, all is hush'd, and still as death ;.... 'tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall...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... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 954 pages
...hollows of tins vaulted aisle. We'll listen Jjon. Hark ! Aim. No, all is hushed, and still as death — 'tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and ¡mmoveable, Looking tranquillity. It... | |
 | English drama - 1804 - 510 pages
...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...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, Ну its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity.... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 946 pages
...Leon. Hark ! Mm. No, all is hushed, and still as death — 'tis dreadful ! How reverend is the race of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable. Looking tranquillity. It... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...No — all is hush'd, and still as death — 'Tis dreadful ! How rev 'rend is the face of this tail pile. Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads...own weight made stedfast and immoveable ! Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ! The tombs And monumental caves of death... | |
 | John Jackson - Lichfield (England) - 1805 - 308 pages
...Cathedral. OESCRIPTJON DESCRIPTION . OF THE STATUES, MONUMENTS, &c. OF THE CATHEDRAL OF LICHFIELD*. " 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 rnade stedfast and immoveable. Looking Tranquilhty, — it strikes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...immoveable. Sfaucr. How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile, Whose massy pillars rear their aged heidi To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made ilttJftil and immortal)! e, Looking tranquillity; it strikes an awe And terrour on my ak ing sight.... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...he made a lord. DESCRIPTION of an ancient CA/IHEDRAL. (CONCRETE.) • -'Tis dreadful ! How rev'rend is .the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars...own weight made stedfast, and immoveable. Looking tranquillity, it strikes an awe And terror to my aching sight ! The tombs , And monumental caves of... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 382 pages
...behold the tomb of Anselmo), an image the most poetical of any in the English language : " How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile, " Whose ancient pillars...own weight made stedfast and immoveable, " Looking tranquillity ! — It strikes an awe " And terror on my aching sight. — The tombs " And monumental... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 372 pages
...fear, or else some transient wind Whistling through hollows of this vaulted aisle. We'll listen Whoso ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft...its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! — It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight. The tombs And monumental caves... | |
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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. 
