 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 - 1807 - 514 pages
...bottom of this gulf. Awake ! arise! or be for ever fall'n. 330 They heard, and were ahash'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 336 In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their General's voice they soon obey'd... | |
 | Samuel Henshall - Bible - 1807 - 230 pages
...your belief wrought be it you. 7 The Saxon weorp, HWAHBODA, Goth. John vii. 1 ; the Latin verto, veer. The potent rod Of Amram's son, in ^Egypt's evil day Wav'd round the coast, up-call'J a pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind, That o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...Grjecisms, 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...feel. Yet to their general's voice they soon obey'd — Who shnll tempt with wandering feet The dark imbottom'd infinite abyss, And through the palpable... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...racisms, 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 fesl. Yet to their general's voice they soon obey'd — - Who slmll tempt with wandering feet The dark... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 302 pages
...language of his poem ; as towards the beginning of it: Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In wliich they were, or the fierce pains not feel. Yet to their general's voice they soon obey'd— The dark unbottom'd infinite abyss, Who shall tempt with wandering feet And through the palpable obscure... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 518 pages
...Grecifms, and fometimes Hebraifms, 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." " e Yet to their general's voice they foon obey'd — * " Who fliall tempt with wandering feet " The... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...bottom of this gulph. Awake, arise, or be for ever fallen ! They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing; as when men wont to watch On...Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Wav'd round the coast, up call'da pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind, That o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...bottom of this gulf, Awake, arise, or be for ever faM'n." They heard, aud were abas'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men wont to watch On...the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their general's voicethey soon obey Innumerable. As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Wav'd... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1810 - 306 pages
...Graecisms, 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. Yet to their generaps voice they soon obev'd — — — .— AVho shall tempt with wandering fetit The dark unbottom'd... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 554 pages
...audience." Two Negatives in English destroy one another, or are equivalent to an Affirmative f : as, " Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel.'' Milton, i\ L. i. 335. PREPOSITIONS have a Government of Cases : and in " That part of poetry must needs... | |
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