 I stood checked for a moment ; awe, not fear, fell upon me ; and, whilst I stood, a solemn wind began to blow — the saddest that ear ever heard. It was a wind that might have swept the fields of mortality \for a thousand centuries.  The Dublin university magazine - 403. oldalszerző: University magazine - 1854Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1861 - 388 oldal
...fell upon me ; and, whilst I stood, a solemn wind began to blow — the saddest that ear ever heard. It was a wind that might have swept the fields of...wind arising and uttering the same hollow, solemn, Memnonian,* but saintly * " Memnonian." — For the sake of many readers, whoso hearts may go along... | |
 | 1861 - 858 oldal
...floods of sunlight and the dead, and the trance which came over him as he heard a melancholy wind — a ' wind that might have swept the fields of mortality for a thousand centuries' — are described with perfect grandeur and beauty. And so are the wild day-dreams which arose, like... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 454 oldal
...fell upon me ; and, whilst I stood, a solemn wind began to blow — the saddest that ear ever heard. It was a wind that might have swept the fields of...wind arising and uttering the same hollow, solemn, Memnonian, but saintly swell : it is in this world the one great audible symbol of eternity. And three... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 488 oldal
...fell upon me; and, whilst I stood, a solemn wind began to blow — the saddest that ear ever heard. It was a wind that might have swept the fields of...wind arising and uttering the same hollow, solemn, Memnonian,* but saintly swell: it is * " Memnonian:" — For the sate of many readers, whose hearts... | |
 | 1863 - 478 oldal
...that had swept the fields of mortality for a hundred centuries. Many times since, upon a summer day, when the sun is about the hottest, I have remarked...wind arising and uttering the same hollow, solemn, Memnonian, but saintly swell : it is in this world the one sole audible symbol of eternity. And three... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1863 - 550 oldal
...wherefore did I not spring to those heavenly lips with tears and never-ending kisses? But so it was not. I stood checked for a moment; awe, not fear, fell...wind arising, and uttering the same hollow, solemn, Memnonian, but saintly swell : it is in this world the one great audible symbol of eternity. And three... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 oldal
...fell upon me ; and whilst I stood a solemn wind began to blow — the saddest that ear ever heard. It was a wind that might have swept the fields of...wind arising and uttering the same hollow, solemn, Memnonian but saintly swell : it is in this world the one great audible symbol of eternity. And three... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 oldal
...fell upon me ; and, whilst I stood, a solemn wind began to blow — the saddest that ear ever heard. It was a wind that might have swept the fields of...wind arising and uttering the same hollow, solemn, Memnonian, but saintly swell : it is in this world the one great audible symbol of eternity. And three... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1876 - 640 oldal
...that bad swept the fields of mortality for a hundred centuries. Many times since, upon a summer day, when the sun is about the hottest, I have remarked...wind arising and uttering the same hollow, solemn. Memnonian, but lamtly swell : it is in this world the one sole audible «ymbol of eternity. And three... | |
 | Alexander Hay Japp - 1877 - 418 oldal
...wind began to blow — the saddest that ever ear heard. It was a wind that might have swept the field of mortality for a thousand centuries. Many times...wind arising and uttering the same hollow, solemn, Memnonian but saintly swell : it is in this world the one great audible symbol of eternity. . . . Instantly,... | |
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