mind-dwelt

Updated: June 8, 2025

Here at least the spirit of the ancient builders was at one with the spirit of the modern beholder. Standing before this abraded pile, the eye regarded its present usage, the mind-dwelt upon its past history, with a satisfied sense of functional continuity throughout a feeling almost of gratitude, and quite of pride, at the permanence of the idea which had heaped it up.

Thomas Hardy - Far from the Madding Crowd