Œuvres complètes de Chateaubriand, Volume 11Garnier, 1859 - 12 pages |
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Page 26
... hand the flames , Driven backward , slope their pointing spires , and , roll'd n billows , leave in the midst a horrid vale . Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight ...
... hand the flames , Driven backward , slope their pointing spires , and , roll'd n billows , leave in the midst a horrid vale . Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight ...
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... hands lopp'd of In his own temple , on the grunsel edge , Where he fell flat , and shamed his worshippers : Dagon his name ; sea monster , upward man And downward fish : yet had his temple high Rear'd in Azotus , dreaded through the ...
... hands lopp'd of In his own temple , on the grunsel edge , Where he fell flat , and shamed his worshippers : Dagon his name ; sea monster , upward man And downward fish : yet had his temple high Rear'd in Azotus , dreaded through the ...
Page 44
... hands Rifled the bowels of their mother earth For treasures better hid . Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a spacious wound , And digg'd out ribs of gold . Let none admire That riches grow in hell , that soil may best Deserve the ...
... hands Rifled the bowels of their mother earth For treasures better hid . Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a spacious wound , And digg'd out ribs of gold . Let none admire That riches grow in hell , that soil may best Deserve the ...
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... hands innumerable scarce perform . Nigh on the plain , in many cells prepared , That underneath had veins of liquid ... hand was known In heaven by many a tower'd structure high , Where sceptred angels held their residence , And sat as ...
... hands innumerable scarce perform . Nigh on the plain , in many cells prepared , That underneath had veins of liquid ... hand was known In heaven by many a tower'd structure high , Where sceptred angels held their residence , And sat as ...
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... hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold , Satan exalted sat , by merit raised To that bad eminence : and , from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope , aspires Beyond thus high ; insatiate to pursue Vain war with heaven , and ...
... hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold , Satan exalted sat , by merit raised To that bad eminence : and , from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope , aspires Beyond thus high ; insatiate to pursue Vain war with heaven , and ...
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