 Then, when I felt how near to my Creator I was standing, the first effect, and the enduring one - instant and lasting - of the tremendous spectacle, was Peace. Peace of Mind, tranquillity, calm recollections of the Dead, great thoughts of Eternal Rest...  American Notes for General Circulation - Page 178by Charles Dickens - 1842 - 306 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 420 pages
...— of the tremendous spectacle, was peace — peace of mind — tranquillity — calm recollection of the dead— great thoughts of eternal rest and...indelible until its pulses cease to beat for ever. Oh, how strife and trouble of our daily life receded from my view and lessened in the distance, during the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...mind [.']— tranquilluy [.'] — calm recollections of the dead — great thoughts of eternal rebt and happiness — nothing of gloom or terror. Niagara was at once stamped on my heart an image of Beauty, to remain there, changeless and indelible, until its pulses cease to... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1850 - 428 pages
...calm recollections of the dead, great thoughts of eternal rest and happiness, nothing of gloom and terror — Niagara was at once stamped upon my heart...an image of beauty, to remain there changeless and yidelible, until its pulses cease to beat for ever. " Oh, how the strife and trouble of our daily life... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1850 - 350 pages
...one, instant and lasting, of the tremendous spectacle, was Peace !—peace of mind, tranquillity, calm recollections of the dead, great thoughts of eternal rest and happiness, nothing of gloom and terror—Niagara was at once stamped upon my heart an image of beauty, to remain there changeless... | |
 | Niagara - 1858 - 102 pages
...of bright green water, that it came upon me in its full might and majesty. Then Niagara was for ever stamped upon my heart, an image of beauty, to remain...beat for ever. " Oh, how the strife and trouble of daily life receded from my view and lessened in the distance, during the ten memorable days we passed... | |
 | Washington Friend - 1858 - 92 pages
...of bright green water, that it came upon me in its full might and majesty. Then Niagara was for ever stamped upon my heart, an image of beauty, to remain...beat for ever. " Oh, how the strife and trouble of daily life receded from my view and lessened in the distance, during the ten memorable days we passed... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1866 - 472 pages
...— instant and lasting — of the tremendous spectacle, was Peace. Peace of Mind, tranquillity, calm recollections of the Dead, great thoughts of Eternal...beat, for ever. Oh, how the strife and trouble of daily life receded from my view, and lessened in the distance, during the ten memorable days we passed... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 142 pages
...one, instant and lasting, of the tremendous spectacle was peace;—peace of mind, tranquillity, calm recollections of the dead, great thoughts of eternal...indelible, until its pulses cease to beat, for ever. , " I think in every quiet season now—Still do those waters roll and leap, and roar and tumble, all... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1868 - 658 pages
...— instant and lasting — of the tremendous spectacle, was Peace. Peace of Mind, tranquillity, calm recollections of the Dead, great thoughts of Eternal...beat, for ever. Oh, how the strife and trouble of daily life receded from my view, and lessened in the distance, during the ten memorable days we passed... | |
 | 1868 - 1048 pages
...— instant and lasting — of the tremendous spectacle, was Peace. Peace of Mind, tranquillity, calm recollections of the Dead, great" thoughts of Eternal...changeless and indelible, until its pulses cease to beat forever. O, how the strife and trouble of daily life receded from my view, and lessened in the distance,... | |
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