 He would have a large piece of machinery represent the Pan-daemonium, where • from the arched roof Pendant by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps, and blazing cressets, fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky—— ' This might...  The British Essayists: The Guardian - Page 244by Alexander Chalmers - 1802Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...folds discover wide lt liin her ample space, o'er the smoot\\ fl d i eve i pavement: from the Pendent by Subtle magic many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With Naphtha a:id Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. The hasty multitude 73 Admiring enter'd. and the work... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...their brazen folds, discover wide Within her ample spaces, o'er the smooth 725 And level pavement. From the arched roof, Pendant by subtle magic, many...Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. The hasty multitude 730 Admiring enter'd; and the work some praise, And some the architect. His hand... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...door» Opening their brazen folds discover wide Within her ample space, o'er the smooth 735 Pendent by subtle magic many a row Of starry lamps and blazing...Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. The hasty multitude 730 Admiring enter'd, and the work some praise And some the architect: his hand... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, The artificial illuminations made in it; From the arched roof Pendant by subtle magic, many a row Of stariy lamps and blazing crescents, fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky There... | |
 | 1804 - 498 pages
...mentioned was a scene in Milton. He would have a large piece of machinery represent the Pan-djemor niiiin, where ' ——— from the arched roof Pendant by...ten thousand beautiful exhalations of fire, which men versed In this art know very well how to raise. The evil spirits at the same time might very properly... | |
 | English essays - 1804 - 952 pages
...symphonies and voices sweet.' The artificial illumination made in it; * From the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing...naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky— ' There arc also several noble similes and allusions in the first book of Paradise Lost. And here.... | |
 | Hunting - 1805 - 424 pages
...huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet. From the arch'd roof. Pendant by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With Naphtha and Aspbattus, yielding light As from a sky. ' In the middle of the area wasraised a capacious bower, composed... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...discover wide Within her ample spaces o'er the smooth And level pavement: from the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded lighl As from a sky. The hasty multitude Admiring enter'd, and the work some praise And some the architect:... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...her ample spaces, o'er the smooth And level pavement: from the arched roof Pendant by subtle magick many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed...Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. The hasty multitude Admiring enter'd; and the work some praise, And some the architect: his hand was... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 564 pages
...smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic many a row Of starry larrtps and blazing cressets, fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. The hasty multitude Admiring enter'd ; and the work some praise, And some the architect ; his hand... | |
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