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Page 29
... dome above my head . If , clothed and clogged with the infirmity of human nature , such soul - transporting sounds , and rapturous emotions are permitted us , what will be the music of heaven ! and what the unimaginable transports of ...
... dome above my head . If , clothed and clogged with the infirmity of human nature , such soul - transporting sounds , and rapturous emotions are permitted us , what will be the music of heaven ! and what the unimaginable transports of ...
Page 30
... dome with wonder . What a pigmy I am , compared to this stupendous structure , which is itself but a speck in creation ! The oppres- sive vastness of the church is increased by its absence of ornament . Not that the columns , the arches ...
... dome with wonder . What a pigmy I am , compared to this stupendous structure , which is itself but a speck in creation ! The oppres- sive vastness of the church is increased by its absence of ornament . Not that the columns , the arches ...
Page 31
... dome and nave , are motionless ; but they have waved amid the stormy fight . Many a death - grapple took place before the French , and Dutch , and Spanish standard - bearers were despoiled of them . Observe that family group of ...
... dome and nave , are motionless ; but they have waved amid the stormy fight . Many a death - grapple took place before the French , and Dutch , and Spanish standard - bearers were despoiled of them . Observe that family group of ...
Page 37
... dome , and at last , have emerged to light . We are now at the top of the cupola , with the ball and cross above us ; and Lon- don is spread , like a carpet , beneath our feet . Rather a bold undertaking for an old man ; but I have ...
... dome , and at last , have emerged to light . We are now at the top of the cupola , with the ball and cross above us ; and Lon- don is spread , like a carpet , beneath our feet . Rather a bold undertaking for an old man ; but I have ...
Page 39
... dome , and suddenly plunges into the church- yard , the immeasurable gulf is sufficiently terrible . What a Tarpeian rock to be flung from headlong ! The continued rattle occasioned by the passing vehi- cles , and the varied sounds in ...
... dome , and suddenly plunges into the church- yard , the immeasurable gulf is sufficiently terrible . What a Tarpeian rock to be flung from headlong ! The continued rattle occasioned by the passing vehi- cles , and the varied sounds in ...
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