 Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze,...  Milton's Theory of Poetry and Fine Art: An Essay - Page 36by Ida Langdon - 1924 - 342 pagesFull view - About this book
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 | John Milton - Epic poetry, English - 1759 - 608 pages
...the found Of dulcet fymphonies and voices fweet; Built like a temple, where pilafters round Were fet, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave; nor did there want Cornice or freeze, with body fculptures graven; The roof was fretted gold. Not Babylon, Nor great Alcairo,fuch... | |
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 696 pages
...or of the demoniac region which they inhabit. Milton describes Pandemonium as a huge fabric, • " where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars...there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven: The roof was fretted gold." The architecture of Mr. Burford, however, exhibits none of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 278 pages
...dulcet fymphonies and voices fweet, » . Bulk Built like a temple, where pilafters round Were fet, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or freeze, with bofly fculptures graven j The roof was fretted gold. Not Babylon, Nor great Aleairo fuch... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...blast of wind To many a row of pipes the sound-board breathe?. Anon out of the earth a fabric huge 710 Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet...With golden architrave; nor did there want Cornice or freeze, with bossy sculptures graven } The roof was fretted gold. Not Babylon, Nor great Alcairo such... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...of wind, To many a row of pipes, the sound-board breathes. Anon out of the earth a fabric huge 710 Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet...overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want 715 Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures grav'n : The roof was fretted gold. Not Babylon, Nor great... | |
 | British periodicals - 1821 - 690 pages
...voices sweet ; Built like a Umple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid Wilb golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice, or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven ; The roof teas fretted gold. — Th' ascending pile Stood ftx'd her stately height : -and strait... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 pages
...gold. So A-filton, Par. Loft, i. 717. a pafljge ufeful to our poet in other parts of this poem : . Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or freeze, the boffy fculptures graven : The roof was fretted gold. Ver. 143. Asheav'n with ftars, the... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1799 - 614 pages
...found Of dulcet fympbonie, and voices fweer, Built like a temple ; where pilaftcis round Were let, and Doric pillars, overlaid With golden architrave : nor did there want Cornice, or frieze, with bofly fculptures graven ; The roof was fretted gold. Without afpiring to fuch fame, M. Lantier may... | |
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