Opening their brazen folds discover, wide Within, her ample spaces o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from... Œuvres complètes - Page 56by François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837Full view - About this book
| Joseph Addison - 1811 - 522 pages
...mentioned was a scene in Milton. He would have a large piece of machinery represent the Pandaemonium, where From the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic, many...blazing cressets, fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light, As from a sky 4 This description of a critic is, I doubt, very applicable to the editor,... | |
| Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 522 pages
...mentioned was a scene in Milton. He would have a large piece of machinery represent the Pandaemonium, where From the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic, many...blazing cressets, fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light, As from a sky " This description of a critic is, I doubt, very applicable to the editor,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1811 - 328 pages
...have a large piece of machinery represent the Pan" daeuionium, where from the arched roof I'endcnt by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps, and blazing cressets, fed With Naptlia and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sk\ — — This might be finely represented by several... | |
| Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet.* The artificial illuminations made in it: ' From the arch'd roof Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing crescents, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky ' There are also several noble... | |
| John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...doors, Opening their brazen folds, discoter, wide Within, her ample spaces, o'er the smooth 72SAmi leye! pavement: from the arched roof, Pendent by subtle...starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphalt us, yielded light As from a sky. The hasty multitude 730 Admiring enterM ; and the work some... | |
| England - 1846 - 790 pages
...affcirs." To admire any thing was tiot our mood: " The ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately heighth; and straight the doors, Opening their brazen folds,...ample spaces, o'er the smooth And level pavement." And as these lines suggested themselves, we recollected who the first Whig is said to have b,een, and... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 308 pages
...sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet. The artificial illuminations made in it : From the arch'd roof Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets,* fed Wiih Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. — * Cresset, ie a blazing light set on a... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...when Egypt with Assyria strove In wealth and luxury. The ascending pile Stood Cx'd her stately height: h is free To act or not, necessity and chance Approach...fate. ' " So spake the Almighty, and to what he spnkc yielded light At from a sky. The hasty multitude Admiring enter 'd ; and the work some praise, And... | |
| John Milton - Fall of man - 1820 - 342 pages
...wealth and luxury. Th' ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately height ; and straight the doors, Op'ning their brazen folds, discover wide Within her ample...row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With Naptba and Aephaltus, yielded light As from a sky. The hasty multitude, Admiring, euter'd ; and the... | |
| John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...Stood fix'd her stately highth : and straight the doors, Opening their brazen folds, discover, wide C Within, her ample spaces, o'er the smooth And level...starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With Naphtha and Asphalltis, yielded light As from a sky. The hasty multitude Admiring enter'd ; and the work some praise,... | |
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