A Scriptural and Allegorical Glossary to Milton's Paradise LostAuthoress, 1828 - 282 pages |
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... repository of opulence was often the object of plunder ; and Nero carried from it , no less than five hundred statues of brass , partly of the gods , and partly of the most illustrious heroes . And , in another age , Con- 25.
... repository of opulence was often the object of plunder ; and Nero carried from it , no less than five hundred statues of brass , partly of the gods , and partly of the most illustrious heroes . And , in another age , Con- 25.
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... hundred brazen gates ; and its walls , which were cemented with bitumen , and greatly enlarged and embel- lished by that queen , measured four hundred and eighty stadia in circumference , fifty cubits in thickness , and two hundred in ...
... hundred brazen gates ; and its walls , which were cemented with bitumen , and greatly enlarged and embel- lished by that queen , measured four hundred and eighty stadia in circumference , fifty cubits in thickness , and two hundred in ...
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... hundred and twelve miles in cir- cumference , according to Pliny , who says that it is often shadowed by Mount Athos , though at the distance of eighty - seven miles . It has been called Hipsipyle , from Queen Hipsipyle . It is famous ...
... hundred and twelve miles in cir- cumference , according to Pliny , who says that it is often shadowed by Mount Athos , though at the distance of eighty - seven miles . It has been called Hipsipyle , from Queen Hipsipyle . It is famous ...
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... hundred leagues from the land . Their change is at the vernal and autumnal equinoxes , and is accompanied with terrible storms of thunder , lightning and rain . 636 Close sailing from Bengala . A country of the hither peninsula of India ...
... hundred leagues from the land . Their change is at the vernal and autumnal equinoxes , and is accompanied with terrible storms of thunder , lightning and rain . 636 Close sailing from Bengala . A country of the hither peninsula of India ...
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... hundred years , has thrown out fire at intervals . It is supposed to be eight miles high , and sixty in compass . Its top is covered with snow and smoke at the same time ; and the sides , on account of the fecundity of the soil , are ...
... hundred years , has thrown out fire at intervals . It is supposed to be eight miles high , and sixty in compass . Its top is covered with snow and smoke at the same time ; and the sides , on account of the fecundity of the soil , are ...
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