 | Susan Ferrier, Author of Marriage - 1825 - 432 pages
...yourself throughout the county as — as — as disengaged — I " the pulse of life seemed to stand still, and " nature made a pause, an awful pause, prophetic of its end." — The clenched hand was slowly uplifted — then descended with a weight that shook the table, —... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1825 - 742 pages
...dreud ! and darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor listening ear an object finds ; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause." — That is the time you will find always selected. I hope I shall be pardoned for troubling the Committee... | |
 | Edward Young - 1826 - 284 pages
...dead ! and darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor listening ear an object finds ; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An erwful pause ! prophetic of her enfl. And let her prophecy be soon fulfill'd : Fate ! drop the curtain... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor listening ear an object finds ; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the gen'ral pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause; An awful pause! prophetic of her end. And let her prophecy be soon fulfill'd : Fate ! drop the curtain ; I can lose no more. Silence... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pages
...dead: and darkness, how profound! Nor eye, nor list'ning ear, an object finds; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause; An awful pause! prophetic of her end. And let her prophesy be soon fulfill'd; Fate! drop the curtain; I can lose no more. Silence... | |
 | John Barber - 1828 - 310 pages
...dead: and darkness, how profound ! Nor eye, nor listening ear, an object finds; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. And let her prophecy be soon fiulfilPd; Fate! drop the curtain; I can lose no more. Silence,... | |
 | Thomas Gaspey - 1828 - 368 pages
...voice, from the author he had before quoted— " Silence how still! and darkness how profound! Tis as the general pulse of life stood still, And nature made a pause— An awful pause, prophetic of her end. And let her prophecy be soon fulfilled. Fate drop the curtain. I can lose no more." The last... | |
 | 1829 - 428 pages
...instances, prevented any religious exercises for a short interval — but nothing like confusion — " 'Twas as the general pulse of life stood still, and nature made a pause — an awful pause, prophetic of her end." At such seasons, the realities of an awful eternity seemed to ne spread before the congregation,... | |
 | 1829 - 894 pages
...instances, prevented any religious exercises for a short interval — but nothing like confusion — " 'Twas as the general pulse of life stood still, and nature made a pause — an awful pause, prophetic of her end." At such seasons, the realities of an awful eternity seemed to he spread before the congregation,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 pages
...and the pausing choir. And the last words that dust to dust conveyed ! Ticket. Creation sleeps ! Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pauM An awful paiut ! prophetic of its end. Young. PAUSIAS, a famous ancient painter, the inventor... | |
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Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause; An awful pause! prophetic of her end. 
