The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost... On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Notes ... - Page 220by Charles Bucke - 1841 - 329 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...Before their eyes in sudden view appear 890 The secrets of the hoary deep, a dark Illimiuble oct;an, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place are lost ; where eldest Nightj And Chaos, ancestors of nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Cf endless... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...Before their eyes in sudden view appear 890 The secrets of the hoary deep, a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold 895 Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...Before their eyes in sudden view appear ' 890 The secrets of the hoary deep, a' dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place are lost ; where eldest Night, And Chaos, ancestors of nature, hold 89; Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of... | |
| John Blair Linn - Genius - 1802 - 196 pages
...Before their eyes, in sudden view, appear The s ecrets of the hoary deep; a dark, Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth and height, And time, and place are lost; where eldest Night, And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless... | |
| 1905 - 726 pages
...grave, ' is in singular opposition to the painter's. For the poet it was ' a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time and place are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy. . . . ' It was a realm beyond... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...[from bind.~\ i. A limit ; a boundary ; that by which any thing is terminated. Illimitable ocean ! without bound, Without dimension ; where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, arc lost. MUlon. Those vast Scythian regions were separated by the natural bounds of rivers, lakes,... | |
| 1806 - 854 pages
...discusses no less a subject than the doctrines of fatalism and free-will — " a Jarfc Illimitahle ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, arclnst." We are sincerely happv in being able to plead our contracted limits as an apology for avoiding... | |
| Laurence Howel - Bible - 1807 - 588 pages
...scenes. Nothing presents itself to the unassisted eye of human reason but A dark " Illimitable ocean without bound, " Without dimension ; where length,...breadth and height, " And time and place are lost." With this divine light, we have seen in the events .narrated in the preceding volume, that man was... | |
| Jacob Bryant - Folklore and history - 1807 - 524 pages
...description of Berosus, when he speaks of The secrets of the hoary deep, a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound. Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place were lost : where natare breil Perverse all monstrous* all prodigious things, Abcrr>?nib!e. un;:ttenble.... | |
| Jacob Bryant - History, Ancient - 1807 - 492 pages
...description of Berosus, when he speaks of The secrets of the hoary deep, a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place were lost : where nature bred Perverse all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, unutterable,... | |
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