| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...pass'd On to their blissful bow'r : it was a place 690 Chos'n by the Sov' reign Planter, when he fram'd All things to Man's delightful use. The roof Of thickest...higher grew, Of firm and fragrant leaf : on either side 695 Acanthus, and each od'rous bushy shrub Fenc'd up the verdant wall; each beauteous flow'r, Iris... | |
| Tibullus - Elegiac poetry, Latin - 1798 - 406 pages
...secouent de leurs ailes légères les roses , et les parfums des arbrisseaux (i). Dans cet instant l'astre Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either side Acanthus , and each odorous bushy shmb , Fenc'd up the verdant wall ; each beauteous flower, Iris ail hues , roses , and jessamin , Rear'd... | |
| John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...it was a place Chos'n hy the sov'reign planter, when he fram'd All things to man's delightful usej the roof Of thickest covert was inwoven shade Laurel...fragrant leaf; on either side Acanthus, and each odorous hushy shruh, FencM up the voidant wall j each heauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses, and jessamin,... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...pass'd On to their blissful bow'r ; it was a place 690 Chos'n by the sov'reign Planter, when he fram'd All things to Man's delightful use ; the roof Of thickest...higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either side 695 Acanthus, and each odorous bunhy shrub . Fenc'd up the Verdant wall ; each beauteous flower, Iris... | |
| George Mason - English language - 1801 - 260 pages
...planter, when he fram'd All things to man's delightful ufe; the roof Of thicken covert was inwoven fhade, Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf. Milton. [Bower does not feem to have been ufed in profe fince the time of Henry VIII. J To BOWER, v,... | |
| Robert Charles Dallas - English fiction - 1804 - 310 pages
...him little rogue, repeated Milton's dcfcription : " The roof " Of thickefl covert was inwoven fhade " Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew " Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either fide " Acanthus and each od'rous bufiiy fhrub " Fenc'd up the verda'nt walk ; each beauteous " flower,... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...pass'd On to their blissful bou'rl it was a place 690 Chos'n by the sovran Planter, when he fram'd All things to man's delightful use ; the roof Of thickest...myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf l on either side 695 Acanthus and each odorous bushy shrub Fenc'd up the verdant wall l each beauteous... | |
| Regina Maria Roche - English fiction - 1807 - 498 pages
...arbour, tmil'd, With flow'rrts deck'd, and fragrant smells. The roof Of thickest covert, was in woven shade, Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew, Of...and fragrant leaf. On either side Acanthus, and each od'rous bushy shrub, Frnc'd up the verdant wall : each beauteoui flow'r, Iris, all hues, roses, and... | |
| John Milton - 1809 - 494 pages
...Planter, when he fram'd All things to Man's delightful ufe ; the roof Of thickeft covert was inwoven fhade Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either lide 695 Acanthus, and each odorous bulhy Ihrub, Ver. 688. Divide the night,] Into watches ; as the... | |
| 1810 - 482 pages
...pass'd On to their blissful bowV , it was a place Chos'n by the sov'reign Planter, when he fram'4 AH things to man's delightful use; the roof Of thickest covert was inwoven shade Laurel aud myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either side Acanthus, and each odorous... | |
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