 Tantalus' gold, described by Homer, no substance, but mere illusions. When she saw herself descried she wept, and desired Apollonius to be silent, but he would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and all that was in it, vanished in an instant....  Tylney Hall - Page 213by Thomas Hood - 1835 - 260 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...herself descried, she wept, and desired Apollonius to be silent, but he would not be moved, and therefore she, plate, house, and all that was. in it, vanished in an instant : many thousands took notice of this fact, for it was done in the midst of Greece."— Anat. of Mel.... | |
 | Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1821 - 628 pages
...herself descried, she wept, and desired Apollonius to be silent, but he would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and all that was in it, vanished in an instant: "many thousands took notice of this fact, for it was clone in the midst of Greece. Sabine, in his comment... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English fiction - 1834 - 328 pages
...described by Homer, no substance, but mere illusions." Indeed the situation of the Creole, enthralled by a similar serpentine sin, closely paralleled that...complicated feelings, especially aggravated as they were by his being alone ; a prey to unavailing remorse, with which none could sympathise, to disturbed fears,... | |
 | Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1837 - 624 pages
...herself descried, she wept, and desired Apollonius to be silent, but he would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and all that was in it, vanished in an instant: ' many thousands took notice of this fact, for it was done in the midst of Greece. Sabine, in his comment... | |
 | John Gideon Millingen - Americana - 1838 - 456 pages
...discovered, she wept, and desired Apollonius to be silent ; but he would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and all that was in it, vanished in an instant. Florigerus also mentions the case of a young gentleman of Rome, " who on his wedding day went out walking... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1838 - 762 pages
...herself descried, she wept, and desired Apollonius to be silent, but he would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and all that was in it, vanished in an instant : "many thousands took notice of this fact, for it was done in the midst of Greece, Sabine, in his... | |
 | English literature - 1840 - 528 pages
...reader may possibly expect) a naughty woman, but a horrible serpent, a Lamia. " Seeing herself descried, she, plate, house, and all that was 'in it, vanished in an instant. Many thousands took notice of this fact, for it was done in the midst of Greece."* There is something... | |
 | John Keats - English poetry - 1841 - 254 pages
...herself descried, she wept, and desired Apollonius to be silent, but he would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and all that was in it, vanished in an instant : many thousands took notice of this fact, for it was done in the midst of Greece."— BURTON'S Anatomy... | |
 | John Keats - English poetry - 1846 - 340 pages
...herself descried, she wept, and desired Apollonius to be silent, but he would not be moved, and thereupon she, plate, house, and all that was in it, vanished in an instant : many thousands took notice of this fact, for it was done in the midst of Greece." — BURTON'S Anatomy... | |
 | Henry Mead - Literary curiosa - 1846 - 254 pages
...discovered,' she.. wept, and: desired' Apollom'us; to' be 'silent ; but he would not be moved, ' and thereupon she, plate, •house, and all that was in it, vanished in an instant. • • • *•• Florigerus also mentions the case of a young gentleman of Home, "who on his wedding-... | |
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