 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
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 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 gen'ral's voice they soon obey'd. Who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark unbottom'd infinite... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...of this gulf. Awake, arise, or be for ever fall'n !" 330 They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men wont to watch On...themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the e* il plight 335 In which they were, or the fierce pains not ftel ;, Yet to their general's voice they... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama (Comedy) - 1872 - 480 pages
...together in a balanced and rounded whole. Here is an instance of what I mean, from Paradise Lost, i. : " As when the potent rod Of 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... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 452 pages
...of leaves and flowers which appear in the spring, or of insects in a summer's evening : and Milton, -As -when the potent rod Of 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 Pharao... | |
 | England - 1852 - 798 pages
...they insensible ? No. The Poet delivers yon from that supposition, if you have entertained it — • Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel." They did perceive the evil plight in which they were— they did feel the^fe»-ce pain*. They lay in... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1817 - 532 pages
...these three days. As when \heforce Of subterranean wind transports a hill. Jane Shore. Paradise Lost. As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day Wav'd round the coast, upcall'da pitchy cloud SECT. V.—A Figure, 'which, among related Objects, extends the Properties of... | |
 | Thomas Boreman - Animals - 1818 - 420 pages
...sublime bard compares the fallen angels to them. • to Iheir general's voice the; soon U!H- » V, Innumerable. As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Wav'd round tl,e coast, upeall'da pitchy cloud Of Locusts, warping on the eastern wind, That o'er the realms of... | |
 | English essays - 1819 - 308 pages
...Grsecisms, 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...not feel. ) Yet to their general's voice they soon ohey'd — Who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark unbottom'd infinite abyss, And through the... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1820 - 342 pages
...this gnlf. Awake, arise, or he forever fall'n !" 330 They heard, and were abash'd, and up they spwmg Upon the wing, as when men wont to watch On duty,...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... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...bottom of this gulf. 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...the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Waved round the coast, up call'da pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind, That o'er the... | |
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