 headlong flaming from the' ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition ; there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the' Omnipotent to arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal  Oeuvres - Page 142by Jacques Delille - 1824Full view - About this book
 | José Cadalso - 1781 - 336 pages
...vain atempt. Him te Almighty Pow'r. Hurl'd headlong flaming from t^ ethereal sky With hideous ru'n and combustion, down to bottomless perdition ; there to dwell in adamantine chains and penal fire, VJbo durt defy th , Omnipotent to arms, De la culpa del hombre inobediente, . C: yel fruto de aquel... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 260 pages
...Thus where he mentions Satan in the beginning of his poem. i. 44, &c. —Him the almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous...In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy th 1 Omnipotent to arms. The poet never mentions any thing of this battle but in such images of greatness... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...battle proud With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky, 45 With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless...In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men, he with his... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...heaven, and battle prom With vain attempt. Him the almighty puwer HurI'd headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down...perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal lire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms. Nine times the space that measures day and nigl To mortal... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...battle proud With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky, 45 With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless...arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night 50 To mortal men, he with his horrid crew Lay vanquished, rolling in the fiery gulf, Confounded though... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...less dang'rous is th' offence Hurl'd headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky, Him the Almighty Power With hideous ruin and combustion down To bottomless...dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst de^ th' Omnipotent to arms. Milton. In these examples, we see the particle the may either form a distinct... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 600 pages
...mentions Satan in the beginning of his poem: ' Him the almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion down...perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal I'm-, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to ajms. VOL. XI. M We have likewise jeveral noble hints of it... | |
 | English essays - 1803 - 418 pages
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 | Charles Fothergill (of Salisbury.) - 1803 - 314 pages
...burning lake, where that immortal bard, says, " Him the Almighty Power " Hurl'd headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky, " With hideous ruin and combustion down " To bottomless perdition, there to dweH " In adamantine chains and penal firt, " Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms. " Nine times the... | |
 | Hugh Murray - Fiction - 1805 - 188 pages
...Olympus to the centre shook. 1(37 AVith this compare the following : •Him the Almighty power Hurl'd headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous...In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms! It was probably from a secret perception of this, that Milton was led to prefer... | |
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