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Lives of the poets. Lives of eminent persons. Political tracts. Philological ... - Page 161
by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 pages
...rear their marhle heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, .Looking tranquillity ! It strikes...And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson ...: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 520 pages
...heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight madfe stedfast and immoveablc, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror...And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembhng heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice...speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes. He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet; he...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1826 - 430 pages
...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...caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembliu"- heart. — ED. mentioned Shakspeare's description of the night before the battle of Agincourt...
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The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 446 pages
...tranqui And terror on my acng sgt; te toms And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me...quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice— my own afl'rights me with its echoes. He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ;...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1826 - 432 pages
...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...And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart. — ED. " In Congreve 's description there seems to be an intermixture...
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The Monuments and Genii of St.Paul's and Westminster Abbey: Comprising Naval ...

George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...marble heads, To bear aloft the arched and ponderous roof By its own weight made stedfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror...monumental caves of death look cold, / And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak 'to...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 82

1822 - 608 pages
...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 an awe And terror...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 : Nay, quickly speak to...
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The Monuments and Genii of St. Paul's Cathedral, and of ..., Volume 1

George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 556 pages
...marble heads, To bear aloft the arched and ponderous roof By its own weight made stedfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror...And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand and let me hear thy voice.; Nay, quickly speak to...
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British Theatre: Comprising Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, and ..., Volume 5

Owen Williams - 1828 - 926 pages
...rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an...cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart. Oive me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice —...
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