| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...leur tronc majestueux , quoique nu , reste debout sur la lande brûlée. He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his poets : attention held them mule. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in... | |
| Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 480 pages
...innumerable spirits whom he had involved In the same guilt and ruin with himself:) He now prepar'd To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend. From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all bis peers: attention held them mute. Thrice be essay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...flamme leur tronc majestueux, quoique nu, reste debout sur la lande brûlée. He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in... | |
| John Milton - 1837 - 524 pages
...singed top, their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice, in... | |
| John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...top their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd GIS To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...singed top their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prcpar'd To «peak ; e high up hang ; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd...with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scom, Tears, such as angels... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
...singed top their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd To speak : whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to...wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers ; attention held them mute : Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...hare, 615 Stands on the hlasted heath. He now prepar'd To speak : whereat their douhled ranks they hend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers ; attention held them mute : Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, C20 Tears, such as angels... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...innumerable spirits whom he had involved in the same guilt and ruin with himself: -He now prepar'd To speak ; "Look no more," said he, " on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out nil his peers: attention held them mute. Thrice he essay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...singed top their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd To speak ; th zeal. Thus they their doubtful consultations dark...Ended, rejoicing in their matchless chief: As whe : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels... | |
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