 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...•Driv'nbackward slope their pointing spires, androll'd •*1 billows, leave i' th' midst a horrid vale, ••hen with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft incumbent on the dusky air unusual weight, till on dry land lights, if it were land that ever burn'd solid, as the lake with liquid... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...roll'd In billows, leave i' th' midst a horrid vale. /// i//i^ta/i/ /if >fel 1,> /tff/i •/'/•/// / Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft,...incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever burn'd With solid, as the lake with liquid fire... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...on each hand the flames Driv'n backward slope their pointed spires, and roll'd In billows, leave i* th' midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight 225 Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 544 pages
...on each hand the flames Priv'n backward slope their pointing spires, and roll'd In billows, leave i' th' midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings...incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight— rH|s pond'rous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...hand the flamei Driv'n backward slope their pointing spires, and roll'd In billows, leave i'th* mi(lst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers...and round. Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hang on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through oj>tic glass the Tuscan artist viewi At evening,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...Fiend Was moving tow'ard the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, 285 Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...each hand the flames 1)riv'n backward slope their pointing spires, and roll'4 In billows, leave i' th' midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings...the dusky air That felt unusual weight — — His pOII(l'rotmS shield Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...their pointing spires, and roll'd His mighty stature; on each hand the flames In billows, leave i' tit' midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight That felt unusual weight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air Ethereal temper, massy, large and round,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 312 pages
...on each hand the flames Driv'n backward slope ther pointing spires, and roll'd In billows, leave i" th" midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings...incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight—— Layfloating many a rood His ponderous shield Ethereral temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 564 pages
...hand the flames, Driven backward, slope their pointing spires, and, roll'd In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers...incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever burn'd With solid, as the lake with liquid... | |
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th' midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight His pond'rous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders... 
