| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1832 - 610 páginas
...it, therefore, for your reflection and amusement." " He spake ; and to confirm his words, out7flcw " Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs...Of mighty Cherubim ; the sudden blaze " Far round illumined Hell.'Letters of the late Lord Lyttleton, xxvi. • §, o95. Influence of association on... | |
| John Milton - 1832 - 328 páginas
...submission ? war then, war Open or understood, must be resolv'd. He spake : and to confirm his words outflew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty Cherubim ; the sudden blaze 665 Far round illumin'd hell : highly they rag'd Against the highest, and fierce with grasped arms... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1832 - 622 páginas
...your reflection ami amusement." " He spake ; and to confirm his wordd, out-flew " Millions of llarning swords, drawn from the thighs " Of mighty Cherubim ; the sudden blaze " Far round illumined Hell.* •Letters of the late Lvrd Lyttleton, XXTI. t EMOTIONS OF SUBLIMITY. 513 §, .395.... | |
| John Milton - 1833 - 438 páginas
...War then, War, Open or understood, must be resolv'd. » He spake : and to confirm his words, out-flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs...Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clash'd on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven. There... | |
| Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 228 páginas
...eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs." " He spake: and to confirm his words, outftew Millions...thighs Of mighty cherubim; the sudden blaze Far round illumined hell: highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their... | |
| Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 370 páginas
...nations, and with fear of change " Perplexes monarchs." " He spake : and to confirm his words, outflew " Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs...Of mighty cherubim ; the sudden blaze " Far round illumined hell : highly they raged " Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms " Clashed on... | |
| Ebenezer Porter, Lyman Matthews - 1836 - 204 páginas
...The passage that produced the emotion was this : " He spake : — and to confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty Cherubim : the sudden blaze Far round illumined Hell." " To attain a reputation for eloquence, he adds, is my aim, and my ambition ; and,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 602 páginas
...uplift above the wave, and eye That sparkling blaz'd !—" " He spake: and to confirm his words out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs...cherubim. The sudden blaze Far round illumin'd Hell—" There are certain words in every language particularly adapted to the poetical expression; some from... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1837 - 510 páginas
...with reading the following sublime passage of Milton. "He spake ; and to confirm his words, out-flew "Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs "Of mighty Cherubim ; the sudden blaze "Far round illumined Hell. An instance still more to the purpose, because the precise age is specified, is that... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 618 páginas
...above the wave, and eye That sparkling blaz'd .'— " " He spake : and to confirm his words out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim. The sudden blaze Far round Mumin'd Hell — " There are certain words in every language particularly adapted to the poetical expression... | |
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