WHEN I am in a serious humour, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey: where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who lie in it, are apt to fill... Knight's Cyclopædia of London, 1851 - Page 203edited by - 1851 - 860 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1744 - 348 pages
...Humour, I very often walk by myfelf in Weftmin/fer-Abbey; where the Gloominefs of the Place, and the Ufe to which it is applied, with the Solemnity of the...fill the Mind with a kind of Melancholy, or rather Thonghtfulnefs, that is not difagreeable. I Yefterday puffed a whole Afternoon in the Church-yard,... | |
| Great Britain - 1778 - 378 pages
...Weftminfter Abbey ; where the gloominefs of the place, and the ufe to which it is applied, with the folemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who...fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfijlnefs, that is not difagreeable. I yefterday pafled a whole afternoon in the church-yard,... | |
| Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...to which it is applied, with the Solemnity ol the Building, and the Condition of the People who lye 'in it, are apt to fill the Mind with a Kind of Melancholy, or rather Thoughtfulnefs, that is not difagreeable. I know that Entertainments of this Nature are apt to railc... | |
| 1786 - 694 pages
...Weftminfter Abbey; where the gloominefs of the place, and the ufe to which it is applied, with the folemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who lie in it, arc apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulntfs, that is not diftgreeable.... | |
| 1789 - 508 pages
...fuppofed from Cbelfea. See final Nrte to N" 7. the the ufe to which it is applied, with the folemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who...fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulnefs, that is not difagreeable. I yefterday paffed a whole afternoon in the church-yard,... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...Weftminfter Abbey ; where the gloominefs of the place, and the ufe to which it is applied, with the folemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a iind-of melancholy, or rather vhoughtfulnefs, that is not difagreeable. I yeiterday pafled a whole... | |
| John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...rectified by attending to the pronunciation of the following sentence : When I am in a serious humour, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey; where the gloominess of Hie place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition... | |
| Joseph Addison - English imprints - 1801 - 364 pages
...place, and the ufe to which it is applied, with the folemnity of the building, and the condition «f the people who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind <&th a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulnefs, that is not difagreeable. 'l yefterday pafled... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...below. CKEECH. WHEN I am in a serious humour, I very often •walk by myself in Westminster-Abbey ; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to...or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the church-yard, the cloisters, and the church, amusing myself... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...house below. CREECH. WHEN I am in a serious humour, I very often walk by 'myself in Westminster-Abbey ; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to...or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the church-yard, the cloisters, and the church, amusing myself... | |
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