 Tantalus' gold, described by Homer, no substance, but mere illusions. When she saw herself descried, she wept, and desired Apollonius to be silent, but he would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and all that was in it, vanished in an instant...  The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes ... - Page 197by Robert Burton - 1800Full view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...desired Apollonius to be silent, but he would not be moved, and therefore she, plate, house, and all that was. in it, vanished in an instant : many thousands...fact, for it was done in the midst of Greece."— Anat. of Mel. Part 3, Sect. 2. According to, our poet, Mercury had come down from heaven, one day,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1820 - 790 pages
...desired Apollonius to be silent, but he would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and all that was in it, vanished in an instant : many thousands took notice of this fact, for it was done in hastens to meet in her new, angelic beauty. He sees and loves her ; and is led by her to a beautiful... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1821 - 624 pages
...would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and all that was in it, vanished in an instant : a many thousands took notice of this fact, for it was...midst of Greece. Sabine, in his comment on the 10th of Ovids Metamorphosis, at the tale of Orpheus, telleth us of a gentleman of Bavaria, that, for many months... | |
 | Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1821 - 628 pages
...desired Apollonius to be silent, but he would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and all that was in it, vanished in an instant: "many thousands took notice of this fact, for it was clone in the midst of Greece. Sabine, in his comment on the 10th of'Ovids Metamorphosis, at the tale... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1836 - 768 pages
...desired Apollonius to be silent, but he would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and all that was in it, vanished in an instant: "many thousands...midst of Greece. Sabine, in his comment on the 10th of Ovids Metamorphosis, at the tale of Orpheus, telleth us of a gentleman of Bavaria, that, for many months... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1838 - 762 pages
...desired Apollonius to be silent, but he would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and all that F bX αh ɕ " ( 3 ' , M ) c ٔV )A3[n v : j ?... L ݽw kZҬ 8E @, n .r Y C by 1 Oth of O vids Metamorphosis, at the tale of Orpheus, telleth us of a gentleman of Bavaria, that,... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1838 - 766 pages
...and desired Apollonius to Init, but he would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and Bt was in it, vanished in an instant : "many thousands took notice of this ,for it was done in the midst of Greece. Sabine, in his comment on iOthof Ovids Metamorphosis, at the... | |
 | English literature - 1840 - 528 pages
...woman, but a horrible serpent, a Lamia. " Seeing herself descried, she, plate, house, and all that was 'in it, vanished in an instant. Many thousands...this fact, for it was done in the midst of Greece."* There is something in the poem of Lamia that recalls to our recollection Mr. Coleridge's Christabel:... | |
 | John Keats - English poetry - 1841 - 254 pages
...desired Apollonius to be silent, but he would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and all that was in it, vanished in an instant : many thousands...fact, for it was done in the midst of Greece."— BURTON'S Anatomy of Melancholy, Part 3, Sect 2, Memb. I. Subs. I. ISABELLA ; THE POT OF BASIL. A STORY,... | |
 | John Keats - English poetry - 1846 - 340 pages
...desired Apollonius to be silent, but he would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and all that was in it, vanished in an instant : many thousands...this fact, for it was done in the midst of Greece." — BURTON'S Anatomy of Melancholy , Part 3, Sect. 2, Memb. I., Subs. I. END OF PART I. THE POETICAL... | |
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