 Me miserable! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair ? Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven.  Paradise lost, a poem. 2nd Scots ed - Page 89by John Milton - 1746Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1810 - 322 pages
...Infinite wrath, and infinite despair ? Which way 1 fly is Hell, myself *m Hell ; And in the lowest depth, a lower deep, •Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven. The fear of an enemy augments the conceptions of the size of their leader. '... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...Still threat' ning to devour me opens wide, To which tlie Hell I suffer seems a Heuvcu. U tlien at last relent : is there no place Left for repentance, none for pardon left? None left hut tiy submission ; and that word Disilain forbids me, and my dread of shame Anon* the Spirits... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven. O, then, at last relent : is there no place Left for repentance, none for pardon left ? None left but by submission ; and that word Disdain forbids me, and my dread of shame Among the spirits... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven. O, then, at last relent: Is there no place Left for repentance, none for pardon left ? None left but by submission ; and that word Disdain forbids me, and my dread of shame Among the Spirits... | |
 | George John Freeman - 464 pages
...and heightens the force oT passion. Which way I fly is Hell, myself am Hell, And in the lowest depth, a lower deep Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide To which the Hell I suffer, seems a Heav'n ! The hyperbole of this speech is extreme, but excusable, as the language of... | |
 | Daniel Staniford - Elocution - 1817 - 256 pages
...p'i!*t{:l: ME miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Oh then at last relent ; is there no place Left for repentance, none for pardon left ? None left but by submission; and that vvoril Disdain forbids me, and my dread of shame Among the... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1818 - 300 pages
...wrath, and infinite despair 1" ' Which way .1 fly is hell ; myself an4 hell ; And in the lowest, depth, a lower deep, Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide, To which the hell, I suffer, seems a heaven. In simple description, hyperboles must be employed with more caution. When... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1819 - 550 pages
...Infinite wrath, and infinite despair ? Which way I flie is Hell, myself am Hell, And in the lowest depth, a lower deep, Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven. B.iv. 1.73. In simple description, though Hyperboles are not excluded, yet they... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 538 pages
...Infinite wrath, and infinite despair ? Which way I flie is Hell, myself am Hell, And in the lowest depth, a lower deep, Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven. B.iv. 1.73. In simple description, though Hyperboles are not excluded, yet they... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven. O, (hen, at last cm'd Of goddesses, so blithe, so smooth, so gay, Yet empty of all go ? None left but by submission ; and that word Disdain forbids me, and my dread of shame Among the spirits... | |
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