 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...Serapis their Gods, or seat 718 Their kings, when Egypt with Assyria strove In wealth and luxury. Th' ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately height, and straight the doors Opening their brazen fo]cls discover wide Within her ample space, o'er the smooth And level pavement: from the urclicd roof... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...wealth and luxury. Th' ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately height ; and straight the doors, Op'ning their brazen folds, discover wide Within her ample spaces, o'er the smooth 725 And level pavement. From the arched roof, Pendant by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and... | |
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...viator, Ne redeat fracto clausa procella solo. K. The Architect of Hell. The ascending pile Stood fixed her stately height ; and straight the doors, Opening...smooth And level pavement : from the arched roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps, and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asplmltus,... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...Serapis their Gods, or seat 720 Their kings, when Egypt with Assyria strove In wealth and luxury. Th' ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately height, and...their brazen folds discover wide Within her ample space, o'er the smooth 725 And level pavement : from the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic many a... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...Assyria strove In wealth and luxury. Th' ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately height; and strait the doors Opening their brazen folds discover wide,...the smooth And level pavement; from the arched roof, . Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed •With Naphtha and... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...strove In wealth and luxury. Th' ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately highth, and strait the doon Opening their brazen folds, discover wide Within her ample spaces o'er the smooth 723 And level pavement : from the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic many a row Of starry lamps and... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...Egypt with Assyria strove In wealth and luxury. The ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately highth : and straight the doors, Opening their brazen folds,...pavement : from the arched roof Pendant by subtle jnagick many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light... | |
 | England - 1846 - 790 pages
...affcirs." To admire any thing was tiot our mood: " The ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately heighth; and straight the doors, Opening their brazen folds,...ample spaces, o'er the smooth And level pavement." And as these lines suggested themselves, we recollected who the first Whig is said to have b,een, and... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...seat Their kings, when Egypt with Assyria strove In wealth and luxury. The ascending pile Stood Cx'd th my goodness, which is free To act or not, necessity...fate. ' " So spake the Almighty, and to what he spnkc Pendent by subtle magic many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus,... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1820 - 342 pages
...wealth and luxury. Th' ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately height ; and straight the doors, Op'ning their brazen folds, discover wide Within her ample...smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With Naptba and Aephaltus,... | |
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The ascending pile Stood fixed her stately height ; and straight the doors, Opening their brazen folds, discover, wide Within, her ample spaces o'er the smooth And level pavement : from the arched roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps... 
