 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 398 pages
...describe this." And then he burst out with his usual warmth : " ' How reverend is the face of thi* tall pile, ' Whose ancient pillars rear their marble...pond'rous roof, • By its own weight made stedfast and immoveaUe, ' Looking tranquillity !' " (a) " I allow all this," said Tremaine, " and have (a) Congreve.... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 394 pages
...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 - 520 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...this vaulted isle : We'll listen — LEONORA. Hark! ALMERIA. 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 marhle heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable,... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - Ellora (India) - 1825 - 676 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1826 - 446 pages
...vaulted aisle : We'll listen— Leonora. Hark ! Alaieria. No, all is IiushM and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall...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 - Authors, English - 1826 - 432 pages
...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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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. 
