 Nor motion of swift thought, less could his shield Such ruin intercept: ten paces huge He back recoil'd ; the tenth on bended knee His massy spear upstay'd; as if on earth Winds under ground or waters, forcing way Side-long had push'da mountain from his...  The Literary Magazine, and American Register - Page 313edited by - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Ebenezer Mack - Cats - 1824 - 292 pages
...intercept ; ten paces huge lie back rccoil'd ; the tenth on bended knee His massy spear upstay'd ; as if on earth Winds under ground, or waters forcing way, Sidelong had push'da mountain from his seat, Half sunk with all his pines. Amazement seiz'd The rebel thrones, but... | |
 | Classical philology - 1826 - 316 pages
...editor would interpolate a note of interrogation between him and no. Book vi. v. 195 sqq. are pointed: as if on earth Winds under ground or waters forcing way , • Sidelong, had push'da mountain from his seatHall" sunk with all his pines. In the common editions : forcing way,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...ruin intercept: Ten paces huge He back recoil'd; the tenth on bended knee His massy spear upstaid: as if on earth Winds under ground, or waters forcing way, Sidelong had push'da mountain from his seat, Half sunk with all its pines. Amazement seized The rebel Thrones, but... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 798 pages
...H'ilkins. Ata stately lideboard by the wine That fragrant smell diffused. Milton's Paradise Regained. As if on earth Winds under ground, or waters, forcing way, Sidelong had pushed a mountain from his scat, Half sunk with all his pines. Id. Pmadiie f.nit. They, looking back, all the' eastern side beheld... | |
 | John Milton - 1829 - 426 pages
...ruin intercept: ten paces huge He hack recoil'd; the tenth on hended knee His massy spear upstay'd ; as if on earth "Winds under ground, or waters forcing way, Sidelong had push'da mountain from his seat, Half sunk with all his pines. Amazement seiz'dThe rehel thrones, hut... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1831 - 328 pages
...ruin intercept. Ten paces huge He back recoil'd ; the tenth on bended knee His massy spear upstaid ; as if on earth Winds under ground or waters forcing way, Sidelong had push'da mountain from his seat Half-sunk with all his pines. MILTON — BOOK VI. A comparison by contrast,... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...ruin intercept : ten paces huge He back recoil'd; the tenth on bended knee His massy spear npstaid : as if on earth Winds under ground, or waters forcing way, Sidelong had push'da mountain form his seat, Half sunk with all his pines. Amazement seiz'd The rebel thrones; but... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter, Lyman Matthews - Elocution - 1836 - 204 pages
...which to select. The poet shows us Satan staggering away from the stroke of Abdiel's sword ; — " as if on earth Winds under ground, or waters forcing way, Sidelong had pushed a mountain from bis seat, Half sunk, with all his pines." The description proceeds : "Now storming fury rose, And clamor,... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 514 pages
...intercept : ten paces huge He back recoil'd ; the tenth on bended knee His massy spear «pstay'd : as if on earth, Winds under ground, or waters forcing way, Sidelong had push'da mountain from his seat, Half sunk with all his pines. Amazement seized The rebel thrones, but... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 524 pages
...ruin intercept : ten paces huge He back recoil'd ; the tenth on bended knee His massy spear upstay'd : as if on earth, Winds under ground, or waters forcing way, Sidelong had push'da mounlain from his seat, Half sunk with all his pines. Amazement seized The rebel thrones, but... | |
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