 They continued their way through the multitude; but, notwithstanding their confidence at first, they were not sufficiently composed to examine with attention the various perspectives of halls and of galleries that opened on the right hand and left, which...  Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal - Page 314by William Beckford - 1834 - 465 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...confidence at first, they were not sufficiently composed to examine with attention the various perspectives of halls, and of galleries, that opened on the right...brocaded with crimson and gold, fell from all parts in striking confusion. Here the choirs and dances were heard no longer. The light which glimmered came... | |
 | William Beckford - English fiction - 1854 - 216 pages
...incessantly passing, who severally kept ' their right hands on their hearts, without once regarding anything around them ; they had all the livid paleness of death....length they came to a place, where long curtains) 14* brocaded with crimson and gold, fell from all parts in solemn confusion. Here the choirs and dances... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...confidence at first, they were not sufficiently composed to examine with attention the various perspectives of halls, and of galleries, that opened on the right hand and left, which were all illuminated by torehes and braziers, whose flames rose in pyramids to the centre of the vault. At length they came... | |
 | William Beckford - 1868 - 228 pages
...confidence at first, they were not sufficiently composed to examine with attention the various perspectives of halls and of galleries that opened on the right...brocaded with crimson and gold, fell from all parts in striking confusion ; here the choirs and dances were heard no longer, the light which glimmered came... | |
 | William Beckford - Ethiopia - 1868 - 220 pages
...confidence at first, they were not sufficiently composed to examine with attention the various perspectives of halls, and of galleries, that opened on the right...brocaded with crimson and gold, fell from all parts in striking confusion. Here the choirs and dances were heard no longer. The light which glimmered came... | |
 | William Beckford - English fiction - 1868 - 240 pages
...confidence at first, they were not sufficiently composed to examine with attention the various perspectives of halls and of galleries that opened on the right hand and lefi, which were all illuminated by torches and braziers, whose flames rose in pyramids to the centre... | |
 | English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...confidence at first, they were not sufficiently composed to examine with attention the various perspective of halls and of galleries that opened on the right...and left, which were all illuminated by torches and brasiers, whose flames rose in pyramids to the centre of the vault. At length they came to a place... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - 454 pages
...confidence at first, they were not sufficiently composed to examine with attention the various perspectives of halls and of galleries that opened on the right...brocaded with crimson and gold, fell from all parts in striking confusion ; here the choirs and dances were heard no longer, the light which glimmered came... | |
 | William Beckford - English fiction - 1891 - 604 pages
...confidence at first, they were not sufficiently composed to examine with attention the various perspectives of halls and of galleries that opened on the right...brocaded with crimson and gold, fell from all parts in striking confusion ; here the choirs and dances were heard no longer, the light which glimmered came... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 484 pages
...confidence at first, they were not sufficiently composed to examine with attention the various perspectives of halls and of galleries that opened on the right...brocaded with crimson and gold, fell from all parts in striking confusion; here the choirs and dances were heard no longer, the light which glimmered came... | |
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