 They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce...  La Belle Assemblée - Page 41810Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...arise, or be for ever fallen !" 330 They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the winfi ; as when men wont to watch On duty, sleeping found...well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight 335 In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their general's voice they soon obey'd,... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 294 pages
...as Grecisms, and sometimes Hebraisms, into the language of his poem; as towards the beginning of it. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight, In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel. Vet to their gen'ral's voice they soon obcy'd — Who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, imboUom'd... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...fallen ! They heard, and were abash'd ; and up they sprang Upon the wing, as when men wont to wateh pereeive the evil plight In whieh they were, or the fieree pains not feel ; Yet to theii' General's... | |
 | 1843 - 1028 pages
...to the uplifting of Moses' rod, but who can be deceived by the representation ? Thus he says, — " As when the potent rod Of Amram's son in Egypt's evil day, Wav*d round the coast, upealled a pitchy cloud Of locusts." former we deny to man as a sinner ; by the former we mean a freedom... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...They heard, and were abas'd, and up they Upon the wing ; as when men wont to watch On duty, sleepjng found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves...not feel ; Yet to their general's voice they soon obey Innumerable. As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Wav'd round the coast,... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1826 - 318 pages
...bottom of this gulf. Awake, arise, or be for ever fallen ! 330 They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men wont to watch On...well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight 335 In which they were, nor the fierce pains not feel ; Tot to their General's voice they sooa obey'd... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1826 - 312 pages
...Nor did they not perceive the evil plight 335 In which they were, nor the fierce pains not fesl; Tet to their General's voice they soon obey'd; Innumerable....the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Waved round the coast, up call'da pitchy cloud 34t Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind, That o'er... | |
 | John Elihu Hall - American literature - 1826 - 230 pages
...evasit, erupit." In the language of MILTON, with some modern interpolations, but not by Bentley, -up he sprung Upon the wing, as when men wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Bouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. — — — — — — At last his sail-broad vans, He... | |
 | Bible - 1827 - 294 pages
...bottom of this gulf. 329 Awake, arise, or be for ever fallen ! They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men wont to watch On...not feel ; Yet to their General's voice they soon obeyed ; 337 Innumerable. As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Waved round the... | |
 | English essays - 1827 - 728 pages
...the following passage of Milton's Paradise Lost, Book I. "They heard and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing, as when men wont to watch On...and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they nut perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel." And it was contended... | |
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