 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 Yale Literary Magazine - Page 1251854Full view - About this book
 | 1845 - 816 pages
...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...whilst I stood, a solemn wind began to blow — the most mournful that ear ever heard. Mournful! that is saying nothing. It was a wind that had swept the... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1858 - 672 pages
...gorgeous sunlight I turned round to the corpse. There lay the sweet childish figure ; there the angel face I stood checked for a moment ; awe, not fear, fell...mortality for a thousand centuries. Many times since, upon summer days, when the sun is about the hottest, I have remarked the same wind arising and uttering... | |
 | 1845 - 200 pages
...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 upon...whilst I stood, a solemn wind began to blow — the matt mournful that ear ever heard. Mournful ! that is saying nothing. It was a wind that had swept... | |
 | 1845 - 816 pages
...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 upon me ; and, whilst 1 stood, a solemn wind began to blow— the most mournful that ear ever hoard. Mournful ! that is saying... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1865 - 1220 pages
...wherefore did I not spring to those heavenly lips with tears and neverending kisses ? But so it was not. I stood checked for a moment ; awe, not fear, fell...stood a solemn wind began to blow, the saddest that car ever heard. It was a wind that might have swept the fields of mortality for a thousand centuries.... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 316 pages
...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...and, whilst I stood, a solemn wind began to blow, the most mournful that ear ever heard. Mournful ! that is saying nothing. It was a wind that had swept... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 324 pages
...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...and, whilst I stood, a solemn wind began to blow, the most mournful that ear ever heard. Mournful 1 that is saying nothing. It was a wind that had swept... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 404 pages
...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...mortality for a thousand centuries. Many times since, upon summer days, when the sun is about the hottest, I have remarked the same wind arising and uttering... | |
 | 1853 - 796 pages
...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...mortality for a thousand centuries. Many times since, upon summer days, when the sun is about the hottest, I have remarked the same wind arising and uttering... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1853 - 520 pages
...thunderbolt at his heart in the assurance," hitherto spurned, or rather ignored, " that his sister MUSI die." a solemn wind began to blow — the saddest that ear...mortality for a thousand centuries. Many times since, upon summer days, when the sun is about the hottest, I have remarked the same wind arising, and uttering... | |
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