| 1821 - 438 pages
...triumphant acclamation, heaving higher and higher their accordant notes, and piling sound on sound. — And now they pause, and the soft voices of the choir break...seem to play about these lofty vaults like the pure lirs of heaven. Again the pealing organ lieaves its thrilling thunders, compressing air into music,... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...triumphant acclamation, heaving higher and higher their accordant notes, and piling sound on sound. — And now they pause, and the soft voices of the choir break...sweeping concords ! It grows more and more dense and powerful — it fills the vast pile, and seems to jar the very walls — the ear is stunned — the... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 438 pages
...triumphant acclamation, heaving higher and higher their accordant notes, and piling sound on sound. — And now they pause, and the soft voices of the choir break...sweeping concords ! It grows more and more dense and powerful — it fills the vast pile, and seems to jar the very walls — the ear is stunned — the... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 402 pages
...triumphant acclamation, heaving higher and higher their accordant notes, and piling sound on sound. — And now they pause, and the soft voices of the choir break...out into sweet gushes of melody ; they soar aloft, arid warble along the roof, and seem to play about these lofty vaults like the pure airs of heaven.... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1823 - 392 pages
...triumphant acclamation, heaving higher and higher their accordant notes, and piling sound on sound. — And now they pause, and the soft voices of the choir break...aloft, and warble along the roof, and seem to play abotrt these lofty vaults like the pure airs of heaven. Again the pealing organ heaves its thrilling... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...triumphant acclamation, heaving higher and higher their accordant notes, and piling sound on sound. — And now they pause, and the soft voices of the choir break...sweeping concords ! It grows more and more dense and powerful — it fills the vast pile, and seems to jar the very walls — the ear is stunned — the... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1834 - 320 pages
...triumphant acclamation, heaving higher and higher their accordant notes, and piling sound on sound. — And now they pause, and the soft voices of. the choir...seem to play about these lofty vaults like the pure airsof heaven. Again the pealing organ heaves its thrilling thunders, compressing air into music, and... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...trinmphant acclamation, heaving higher and higher their accordant notes , and piling sound on sound. — And now they pause , and the soft voices of the choir...music, and rolling it forth upon the . soul. What long drawn cadences ! What solemn sweeping concords ! It grows more and more dense and powerful —... | |
| Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 pages
...triumphant acclamation, heaving higher and higher their accordant notes, and piling sound on sound. — And now they pause, and the soft voices of the choir break out into sweet gushes of melody ; they scar aloft, and warble along the roof, and seem to play about these lofty vaults like the pure airs... | |
| 1839 - 256 pages
...triumphant acclamation, heaving higher and higher their accordant notes, and piling sound on sound. — And now they pause, and the soft voices of the choir break out into sweet gushes of melody ; they scar aloft, and warble along the roof, and seem to play about these lofty vaults like the pure airs... | |
| |