 | John Milton - 1767 - 448 pages
...wafteful deep : the monftrous fight Sruck thprn with horrour backward, but far worfe ' Urg'd them behind : headlong themfelves they threw Down from the verge of heaven; eternal wrath 86.5 . Burnt after them to the bottomlefs pitv Hell heard th' unfufferable noife, hell fai» Heaven... | |
 | Jonathan Richardson - Engraving - 1792 - 334 pages
...is confiftent with great irregularity ; nay that very irregularity may produce that noble effeft ; as in that wonderful place in Milton. • ' Headlong...Heaven, eternal wrath Burnt after them to the bottomlefs pit. The laft bad verfe contributes to the horrible idea which is to be raifed here; but if it did... | |
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...monstrous sight Struck them with horror backward, but i-ar worse Urged them behind ; headlong themselves they threw Down from the verge of heaven : eternal wrath Burnt after them to the bottomless pit. Hell heard the unsufferable noise, Kell saw Heaven ruining from Heaven, and would have... | |
 | American literature - 1804 - 496 pages
...monstrous sight Struct them viitb horror backward, but far worse Urg'd them behind : Headlong themselves they threw Down from the verge of heaven ; eternal wrath Burnt after them to the bottomless pit. Hell beard the insufferable noise, bell IOV> Htmen ruining from bemen, and would baveßed... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 494 pages
...Orcfles of Euripides purfued by the Furies. DUNSTER. Ver. 862. The monftroiu Jight Urg'd them behind : Headlong themfelves they threw Down from the verge...; eternal wrath Burnt after them to the bottomlefs pit 866 Hell heard the unfufferable noife, Hell law Heaven ruining from Heaven, and would have fled... | |
 | George John Freeman - 464 pages
...monstrous sight Struck them with terror backwards, but far worse Urged them behind : headlong themselves they threw Down from the verge of Heaven ; eternal wrath Burnt after them to the bottomless pit. What idea of time, what image of depth could have conveyed so tremendous an idea of... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...monstrous sight Struct them with horror backward ; but far worse Urg'd them .-hind. Headlong themselves they threw Down from the verge of heaven ; eternal wrath Burnt after them to the bottomless pit. IX,— Alexander's Feast ; or, the power of Music .—.'in Odefor St. Cicilia's Dai/.... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...monstrous sight Struck them with horror backward ; but far worse Urg"d them behind. Headlong themselves they threw Down from the verge of heaven ,• eternal wrath Burnt after them to the bottomless pit. 3 X. — Alexander's Feast; or, the Power of Music.— —Ax Ode for St. Cecilia's... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...monstrous sight Struck them with horror backward ; but tar worse Urg'd them behind. Headlong themselves they threw Down from the verge of heaven ; eternal wrath Burnt after them tu the bottomless pit. L— -Ale xander'a Pease ; orttit Power of Music.— An Oik for St. CiciUa's... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...monstrous sight Struck them with horror backward, but far worse Urged them behind : Headlong themselves they threw Down from the verge of Heaven; eternal wrath Burnt after them to the bottomless pit. Hell heard the unsuflerable noise, Hell saw Heaven ruining from Heaven, and would have... | |
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Rolled inward, and a spacious gap disclosed Into the wasteful Deep. The monstrous sight Struck them with horror backward, but far worse Urged them behind; headlong themselves they threw Down from the verge of Heaven; eternal wrath Burnt after them to... 
