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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. "
The mourning bride. The way of the world. The judgment of Paris. Semele ... - Page 28
by William Congreve - 1774
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 474 pages
...and.immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! .If ftfikes an awe' 1 ,'. '* And terror on my achfng.fight; the tombs . '..• .. And monumental caves of death look cold, And fhoot a chilnefs to my trembling heaft.. Give me thy hand, and let.me hear thy voice.; Nay, quickly Ipeak to me, and let me hear Thy...
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 278 pages
...made ftcdfaft and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It firikes an awe And terror on my aching fight ; the tombs And .monumental caves of death look cold, And fhoot a chilnefs to *ny trembling heart. Give.me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly fpeak to me, and let...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...made fledfaft and immoveable, Locking tranquillity ! It ftrikes an awe And terror on ray aching fight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold,...chilnefs to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and Iet me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly fpeak to me, and let me hear 'I by voice—my own affrights me...
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Jones's British Theatre, Volume 2

William Jones - English drama - 1795 - 446 pages
...made ftedfaft and immoveable, Looking tranquility. It ftrikes an awe And terror on my aking fight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And fhoot a chillnefs to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; 6:i Nay, quickly fpeak...
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The Knights of the Swan: Or, The Court of Charlemagne. An Historical and ...

Stéphanie Félicité comtesse de Genlis - French fiction - 1797 - 370 pages
....j. ••:..•• : ., . •,.;• . . '^ CHAPCHAPTER XXI. A CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE. .••••i The tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And fhoot a chillnefs to my trembling hearts ^ Mourning Bride. CoNGSEVK. " CELANIRA'shealth being nowperfectly...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...ponderous roof, By its own weight rr.ade stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs 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 j >Ja/, quicily...
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Lives of English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 536 pages
...made ftedfaft and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It ftrikes an awe And terror on my aching fight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold,...chilnefs to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and 1st me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly fpeak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me...
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The Life of David Garrick, Esq, Volume 1

Arthur Murphy - Actors - 1801 - 434 pages
...marble heads, To bear aloft its 'arch "d and pond'rous roof, 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 1117 trembling he Of this passage, Dr. Johnson says, " that if he u were to select...
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The Life of David Garrick, Volume 1

Arthur Murphy - 1801 - 544 pages
...arch'd and pnnd'rous roof, Looking tranquillity ! It ftrikes an awe And terror on my aching fight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And fhoot a chillnefs to my trembling heart. i Of this paflage, Dr. Johnfon fays, " that if he " were to felect...
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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...
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