| John Dryden - English poetry - 1743 - 352 pages
...pafte, And, roixt with living Streams, the Godlike Image csiF, , HS Thus,, I I Thus, while the mute Creation downward bend Their Sight, and to their Earthly Mother tend, Man looks aloft, and with erefted Eyes Beholds l.ii own hereditary Skies. From fuch rude Principles our Form began ; And Earth... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 526 pages
...And,mixtwithlivingftreams,thegodlikeimagecaft. Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their fight, and to their earthly mother tend, Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary fkies. From fuch rude principles our form began, And earth was metamorphos'd into man. THE GOLDEN AGE.... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 352 pages
...with living ftreams, the godlike image caff. Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their fight, and to their earthly mother tend, Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary fkies. From fuch rude principles our form began, And earth was metamorphos'd into man. THE GOLDEN AGE.... | |
| John Milton - 1795 - 260 pages
...hreast, For empire form'd, and fit to rule the rest. — —Thus while the mute creation downward hend Their sight, and to their earthly mother tend, Man looks aloft, and with ereited eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies. Dryden. 506. — a creature ivbo not prone And hrute... | |
| 1800 - 452 pages
...g-:dlik.e image caft. Thus, while the mutr creation downward bsnd Their fight, and to their caithy mother tend, MAN looks aloft : and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary Ikies ! From fuch rude principles our form began ; And earth was metamorphus'd into man. We have given... | |
| John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 496 pages
...tempered into paste, And, mixed with living streams, the god-like image cast. Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly...with erected eyes, Beholds his own hereditary skies. — From such rude principles our form began, And earth was metamorphosed into man. THE GOLDEN AGE.... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 490 pages
...tempered into paste, And, mixed with living streams, the god-like image cast. Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly...with erected eyes, Beholds his own hereditary skies. — From such rude principles our form began, And earth was metamorphosed into man. THE GOLDEN AGE.... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 348 pages
...ctetera terram, Os hotnini sublime dedit : Ctclumque turn Jutsit OVID. Met I. 8». Thus while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly...aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skiee. DEVDEN. Sheer-lane, December 16. IT is not to be imagined how great an effect welldisposed lights,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 348 pages
...tveri Jussit OVID. Met. I. 8a Thus while the unite creation downward bend Their sight* aud to I heir earthly mother tend, Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies. DRl'DEN. Sheer-lane, December 16. IT is not to be imagined how great an effect welldisposed lights,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 620 pages
...Prometheus temper'd into paste, And, mixt with living streams, the godlike image east. Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly...with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies. From such rude principles our form began, And earth was inetamorphos'd into man. THE GOLDEN AGE. THE... | |
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