 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 mind with a kind of melancholy,...  The British Essayists: Spectator - Page 132edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1880 - 618 pages
...house below. CREECH. 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...with the solemnity of the building, and the condition oT the people who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - Allusions - 1881 - 600 pages
...reno.wn." Jrving. as* "When I am in a serious humor, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey ; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to...rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable." Addition. fl£g- " The moment I entered "Westminster Abbey I felt a kind of awe pervade my mind which... | |
 | English essays - 1881 - 578 pages
...WESTMINSTER ABBEY. When I am in a serious humour, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey, of the lip, and doubt that they thoughtfulncss, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the churchyard, the... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - Allusions - 1881 - 602 pages
...renown." Jning. gf "When I am In a «erlous humor, I very often walk by myself in Weatmlnnter A obey ; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to...condition of the people who lie in It, are apt to fill tbe mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulnc«, that 1» not disagreeable." Additon.... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - Westminster Abbey - 1882 - 634 pages
...conclusion of Addison:— 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...fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtf ulness, that is not disagreeable. .... I know that entertainments of this nature are apt to... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - Allusions - 1882 - 608 pages
...humor, I very often walk by myself in Westminster A bbey ; where the gloominess of the pi-toe, and tho use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition uf the people who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind •with a kind of melancholy, or rather thougbtfulness,... | |
 | George Crabb - English language - 1882 - 876 pages
...himself in contentions. When I am in a serious hnmar, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey, where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it ]• applied, are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy. SPECTATOR. In the great articles... | |
 | Hugh Fraser Campbell - English language - 1883 - 128 pages
...girdle. (8.) Let us not hang like roping icicles Upon our houses' thatch. (9.) In Westminster Abbey, the gloominess of the place and the use to which it...with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness. (10.) O sacred receptacle of my joys, Sweet cell of virtue and nobility. IV. Say whether the Classical... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1884 - 824 pages
...numerous monuments : When I am in a serious humor I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey ; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to...fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtf ulnes?, that is not disagreeable. ... I know that entertainments of this nature are apt to... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch - Elocution - 1884 - 510 pages
...WESTMINSTER AIIBEY. WHEN I am in a serious humor, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey: where the gloominess of the place, and the use to...fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughlfulness, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the churchyard, ME-3.X.... | |
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