It is very just.

Only the exceeding ingenuity of the system stamps it as the contrivance of man, or some worse author; not an emanation of the broad and simple wisdom from on high." "It may be so," said Hilda; "but I meant no sarcasm." Thus conversing, the two friends went together down the grand extent of the nave.

Before leaving the church, they turned to admire again its mighty breadth, the remoteness of the glory behind the altar, and the effect of visionary splendor and magnificence imparted by the long bars of smoky sunshine, which travelled so far before arriving at a place of rest.
"Thank Heaven for having brought me hither!" said Hilda fervently.
Kenyon's mind was deeply disturbed by his idea of her Catholic propensities; and now what he deemed her disproportionate and misapplied veneration for the sublime edifice stung him into irreverence.
"The best thing I know of St.Peter's," observed he, "is its equable temperature.

We are now enjoying the coolness of last winter, which, a few months hence, will be the warmth of the present summer.

It has no cure, I suspect, in all its length and breadth, for a sick soul, but it would make an admirable atmospheric hospital for sick bodies.