 | 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...marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roofs, By m own weight m nle steittast and immoveahle ; Looking tranquillity.'' llNLITHGOW, is a large... | |
 | 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 heads, ' To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, • By its own weight made stedfast and immoveaUe, ' Looking tranquillity !' " (a)... | |
 | 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
...through hollows of this vaulted aisle : We'll listen— Leonora. Hark ! Alaieria. No, all is IiushM and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful ! How reverend...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and iaioioreabJe,, .. .• nquillity ' it strikes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 430 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...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its. own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes... | |
 | 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...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an... | |
 | 1822 - 608 pages
...this vaulted aisle. We'll listen No; all is hush'd and still as death 1 'tis dreadful! How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars...rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and pondrous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and i minor cab It1, Looking tranquillity! It strikes... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - London (England) - 1826 - 556 pages
...through hollows of this vaulted aisle : We'll listen— LEONORA. Hark ! ' ALMERIA. No, all is hushed and still as death. — Tis dreadful ! How reverend...the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars raise their marble heads, To bear aloft the arched and ponderous roof By its own weight made stedfast... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...through hollows of this vaulted. aisle: We'll listen— LEONORA. Hark! AI.MI.M \. No, all is hushed and still as death. — Tis dreadful! How reverend...the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars raise their marble heads, To bear aloft the arched and ponderous roof By its own weight made stedfast... | |
 | M A Scargill - 1827 - 460 pages
...comprehend, what we would have, and what we are using all our diligence to obtain. CHAPTER XVI. How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marhle heads, To hear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof I By its own weight made steadfast and imrnoveahle.... | |
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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. 
