 When I am in a serious humour, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who lie in it, are apt to fill...  The Spectator. ... - Page 1471789Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 lehte
...Abbey', where the gloominess of the place', and the use' to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building'^ and the condition of the people'...fill the mind with a kind of melancholy', or rather thoughtfulness', that is not disagreeable\ I yesterday passed the whole afternoon in the church-yard,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 lehte
...where the gloominess of the place', and the use to which it is applied', together with the solemnity of the building', and the condition of the people...the mind with a kind of melancholy', or', rather', thoughtfulness', that is not disagreeable'. Yesterday I passed a whole afternoon in the church-yard',... | |
 | 1836 - 932 lehte
...Westminster Abbey; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity nding names given them, for no other reason but that...and are celebrated for nothing but being knocked on thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the church-yard,... | |
 | 1836 - 1118 lehte
...the place, and the use to whicb it ia applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the rendition of the people who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind vith a kind of melancholy, or rather Ihougbtlulness that is not disagreeable. 1 yesterday passed a... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 lehte
...Westminster Abbey; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who...fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the church-yard,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 lehte
...Westminster Abbey; where the gloominess of the place, antl the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity ing in his eyes, and drawing nearer to him by greater...resemblance. Methinks this single consideration of the progr thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the church-yard,... | |
 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 lehte
...Westminster Abbey, where the gloominess of the place and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who...are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy that is not disagreeable.— Addlson. The misery of jails is not half their evil ; they are filled... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 lehte
...Abbeyv, where the gloominess of the placev, and the use'. to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building\ and the condition of the people'...lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholyv, or rather thoughtfulness', that is not disagreeablev. I yesterday passed the whole afternoon... | |
 | John Millen - 1846 - 134 lehte
...Westminster Abbey ; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who...fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the churchyard, the... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 lehte
...Westminster Abbey ; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who...fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfiilness, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed the whole afternoon in the church-yard,... | |
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