 | James Boswell - 1889 - 454 pages
...the top of one of the pillars in the temple, it would not have aided the idea, but weakened it." 1 To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and unmoveable, Looking tranquillity ! — It strikes an awe Anrl terror on my aching sight."... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - Authors, English - 1889 - 442 pages
...aloft its arch'd By its own weight ma Looking tranqnillity." ow reveren s te ace o ts ta e, T Whose ancient Pillars rear their marble heads ' ' To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rons roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable. " 158. Milton and Shakspere do not... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1889 - 494 pages
...UOHHCOTK'S Life of Reynolds, vol. II, p. 189. > " How reverend b the face of this tall pile, . Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'roua roof, By its own weight made stedfast and unraoveable. Looking tranquillity ! — It strikes... | |
 | James Boswell - English literature - 1890 - 568 pages
...height. The • Act it, sc. 3.— MALONE. • ""'• " How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose x> pond'rons roof, By its own weight made steadfast and unmoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 474 pages
...hush'd, and still as death. — "Tin 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 stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | James Boaden - Actors - 1893 - 554 pages
...the sensitive mind. Decies repetita placebit :— ' How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft...arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable. Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight : the... | |
 | James Boaden - Actors - 1893 - 506 pages
...sensitive mind. Decies repetita placebit : — ' How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft...arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight : the... | |
 | Dramatists, English - 1894 - 290 pages
...is hnsh'd, and still äs death — Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft...arch'd and pond'rous roof. By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikcs an awe And terror on my aching sight; the... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - Westminster (London, England) - 1894 - 132 pages
...makes the first impression.' — Horace Walpole. ' How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous rooT, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity [ ' — Congrevc.... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1895 - 768 pages
...Casting a dim religious light. Milton, II Pens. 157How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads. To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rons roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity. Congreve, Mourning... | |
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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 chilness to my trembling heart. 
