 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 518 pages
...last claps an extinguisher upon it : " A hollow crystal pyramid he takes In firmamental waters dipped above ; Of it a broad extinguisher he makes, And hoods the flames that to their quarry drove." But another passage in Dryden is carried to a still greater length of profaneness and absurdity in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 520 pages
...last claps an extinguisher upon it : " A hollow crystal pyramid he takes In firmamental waters dipped above ; Of it a broad extinguisher he makes, And hoods the flames that to their quarry drove." But another passage in Dryden is carried to a still greater length of profaneness and absurdity in... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 606 pages
...last claps an extinguisher upon it: " A hollow crystal pyramid he takes In firmamental waters dipped above; Of it a broad extinguisher he makes, And hoods the flames that to their quarry drore." But another passage in Dryden is carried to a still greater length of profaneness and absurdity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...is his expression ? A hollow crystal pyramid he takes, In firmamental waters dipp'd above, Of this a broad extinguisher he makes, And hoods the flames that to their quarry strove. When he describes the Last Day, and the decisive tribunal, he intermingles this image : When... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 804 pages
...quencheth the flame, and recciveth the smoke. Bacon. An hollow crystal pyramid he takes, In firmamental waters dipt above, Of it a broad extinguisher he makes, And hoods the flames. Uryden. The pyramidical idea of its flame, upon occasion of the candles, is what is in question. Locke,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1832 - 342 pages
...1120 And eager flames drive on to storm the rest. A hollow crystal pyramid he takes, In firmamental waters dipt above ; Of it a broad extinguisher he...makes And hoods the flames that to their quarry drove. The vanquish'd fires withdraw from every place, Or full with feeding sink into a sleep : Each household... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pages
...lie, And eager flames drive on to storm the rest. A hollow crystal pyramid he lakes, In firmamental waters dipt above ; Of it a broad extinguisher he makes, And hoods the flames that to their quarry droT«. The vanquished fires withdraw from every place, Or full with feeding sink into a sleep : Each... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 pages
...storm the rest. A hollow crystal pyramid he takes, ln firmamental waters dipt ahove ; Of it a hroad extinguisher he makes, And hoods the flames that to their quarry drove. The vanquish'd fires withdraw from every place, Or full with feeding sink into a sleep : Each household... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 814 pages
...And swift as eagles to the quarry flew. Waller. An hollow crystal pyramid he takes, In firmamental waters dipt above, Of it a broad extinguisher he makes. And hoods the flames that to their quarry strove. Dryuen. Let reason then at her own quarry fly, But how can finite grasp infinity! Id. With... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...lie, And eager flame« drive on to storm the rest. An hollow crystal pyramid he takes, In firmamental or boar, 70 Or ounce, or tiger, hog, or bearded goat....All other parts remaining as they were; And they, s The vanquished Fires withdraw from every place, Or full with feeding sink into a sleep : Each household... | |
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The vanquish'd fires withdraw from every place, Or, full with feeding, sink into a sleep: Each household genius shows again his face, And, from the hearths, the little Lares creep. 
