 Ransacked the centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother earth For treasures better hid. Soon had his crew Opened into the hill a spacious wound, And digged out ribs of gold. Let none admire 690 That riches grow in Hell: that soil...  Paradise Lost - Page 34by John Milton - 1896 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1855 - 620 pages
...else enjoy'd In vision beatilic. By him first Men also, and by his suggestion taught, 6S5 Ransack'd the centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels...earth For treasures better hid. Soon had his crew OpenM into the hill a spacious wound, And digg'd out ribs of gold. Let none admira OPO That riches... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 202 pages
...pownd; Then Avarice Kan through his veinee inspire His greedy names, and kindled lilt-devouring nre.'' That riches grow in Hell; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane. And here let those Who boast in mortal things, and wond'ring tell Of Babel, and the works of Memphian kings, Learn how... | |
 | William King Tweedie - 1855 - 288 pages
...this, we learn to understand better than before the meaning of Milton's words— " Let none admire That riches grow in hell: that soil may best Deserve the precious bane." The history of money-making supplies many vivid illustrations of the truth which we have here tried... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 188 pages
...else enjoy'd In vision beatific: by him first Men also, and by his suggestion taught, 685 Eansack'd the centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels...earth For treasures, better hid. Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a spacious wound, And digg'd out ribs of gold. Let none admire 690 That riches... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 470 pages
...manquait ni corniches, ni frises avec des reliefs gravés en And digg'd out ribs of gold. Let none admire That riches grow in Hell; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane. And here let those Who boast in mortal things, and wondering tell Of Babel, and the works of Memphian kings, Learn how... | |
 | William Whewell - Science - 1857 - 600 pages
...prepare ourselves for others of a higher order. BOOK XIV. THE ANALYTICAL SCIENCE. HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY. Soon had his crew Opened into the hill a spacious wound, And digged out ribs of gold .... Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation with the sound Of dulcet symphonies... | |
 | William Whewell - Science - 1857 - 604 pages
...prepare ourselves for others of a higher order. BOOK XIV. THE ANALYTICAL SCIENCE. HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY. Soon had his crew Opened into the hill a spacious wound, And digged out ribs of gold .... Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation with the sound Of dulcet symphonies... | |
 | John Martin - Bible - 1858 - 482 pages
...holy, else enjoy'd In vision beatifick: by him first Men also, and by his suggestion taught, Ransack*d the centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels...Earth For treasures, better hid. Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a spacious wound, And digg'd out ribs of gold. Let none admire That riches grow... | |
 | William Whewell - Science - 1858 - 646 pages
...ourselves for others of a higher order» BOOK XIV. THE ANALYTICAL SCIENCE. HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY. . Soon had his crew Opened into the hill a spacious wound, And digged out ribs of gold .... Anon out of the earth a fahric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 682 pages
...for others of a higher order. BOOK XIV. THE ANALYTICAL SCIENCE. HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY. Soon had bis crew Opened into the hill a spacious wound, And digged out ribs of gold .... Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Hose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies... | |
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