| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 442 pages
...in his Paradise Lest, b.iv. has very success, fully introduced the image : " — now gentle gales, " Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense " Native...perfumes, and whisper whence they stole . . " Those balmy«poils." STEEVENS. ,6. — i — That breathes upon a bank of violets — ] Here Shakspere makes... | |
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...now gentle gales Fanning their odoriferous wings dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence the)' stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now arc past 160 Mozambic, oft" at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...delight and joy, able to drive 155 All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odorif'rous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence...who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past 1 60 Mozambique, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...heart inspires Vernal delight and joy, able to drive 155 All sadness but despair : now gentle gales Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes,...who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past 169 Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the blest;... | |
| 1804 - 574 pages
...Fcrm-->;! du paradis U'i agrates remparts, D'eu l'eeil dans les vallons plongeait de tcutes farts.' Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes,...and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils." Now gentle gales, ' Là, mille frais zcpkyrs sur leur aile embaumée, Faisaient -vola têtfleurs l'essence... | |
| English literature - 1804 - 188 pages
...backwards shrunk appall'd. Even Milton has indulged himself in the same licence of expression. ... As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabtean odour from the spicy shore Of Araby the blest !... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...the heart inspires Vernal delight and joy, able to drive All sadness but despair : now gentle gales Fanning their odoriferous wings dispense Native perfumes,...stole \ Those balmy spoils. As w'hen to them who sail ;: »' J . Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past .c aim L Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 492 pages
...backwards shrunk appall'd. Even Milton has indulged himself in the same licence of expression — — As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabaean odour from the spicy shore • Of Araby the blest;... | |
| Lodovico Ariosto - Roland (Legendary character) - 1807 - 302 pages
...field ] The following passage has much of the spirit of this description of Ariosto. now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes,...and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. Farad. Lost, B. iv. v. 156. One gem entire they seem'd, of purer red Than deepening gleams transparent... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...heart inspires Vernal delight and joy, able to drive 155 All .sadness but despair : now gentle gales Fanning their odoriferous wings dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those halmy spells. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past 1 60 Mozambie, off... | |
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