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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. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me... "
The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted ... - Page 132
by Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 312 pages
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The mourning bride. The way of the world. The judgment of Paris. Semele ...

William Congreve - 1774 - 438 pages
...Roof, By its own Weight made ftedfaft and immoveable, Looking Tranciuility. It ftrikes an Awe B a And And Terror on my aching Sight ; the Tombs And monumental Caves of Death look cold, And fhoot a Chilnefs to my trembling Heart. . Give me thy Hand, and let me hear thy Voice ; Nay, quickly...
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British Theatre: The mourning bride, by Mr. Congreve. 1791. Douglas, by John ...

John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquility. It strikes an awe And terror on my aking sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; 60 Nay, quickly speak...
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Bell's British Theatre, Volume 19

John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 462 pages
...weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquil t ,. It strikes an awe And terror on my aking sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; 60 Nay, quickly speak...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1798 - 614 pages
...hush'd and still as death How reverend is the face of this tall pile, By its own weight made stcdfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice j my own affrights me with its echoes." On an island in...
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The Life of David Garrick, Esq, Volume 1

Arthur Murphy - Actors - 1801 - 434 pages
...pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its 'arch "d and pond'rous roof, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror...And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to 1117 trembling he Of this passage, Dr. Johnson says, " that if he u were to select from...
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The Port Folio, Volume 3

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 566 pages
...weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity, h strikes an awe And terror on my nking sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my tremb'ling heart. Give me thy h;ind, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak...
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The wanderer: or, A collection of original tales and essays, Volume 2

Charles Fothergill (of Salisbury.) - 1803 - 342 pages
...own weight made stedfast and immoveablc. " Looking tranquillity, it strikes an awe " And terror to my aching sight ! The tombs, " And monumental caves of death look cold, " And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart." They assimilated with ray own thoughts at that moment, and I felt...
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The British drama, Volume 1

British drama - 1804 - 946 pages
...this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable....And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to...
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The British Drama: Tragedies. 2 v

English drama - 1804 - 516 pages
...this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable,...And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hund, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to...
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The British Drama: pt. 1-2. Tragedies

English drama - 1804 - 510 pages
...pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, Ну its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking...And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a diillness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to...
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