 | John Milton - 1750 - 666 pages
...Uplifting Tjore them in their hands : • We have the full majefty of H»jner in this more defcription, improved by the imagination of Claudian, without its puerilities. I need not point out the defcriptioa of the fallen Angels feeing the promontories hanging over their heads in fuch a dreadful... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1754 - 342 pages
...glimpfe they ran , they flew , From their foundations loos'ning to and fro, They pluck'd the feated hills , with all their load, Rocks , waters , woods...the shaggy tops Up-lifting bore them in their hands. Amaze, Be Hire, and terror, feiz'd the rebel hoft, When coming towards them , fo dread they faw The... | |
 | John Milton, William Dodd - 1762 - 284 pages
...Up-lifting bore them in their Hands : •• WE have the full Majefty of Homer hi this fhort Defcription, improved by the Imagination of Claudian, without its Puerilities. I need not point out the Defcriptiorr of the fallen Angels feeing the Prorrlontories hanging over their Heads in fuch a dreadful... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 282 pages
...the lightning glimpse they ran, they flew ; From their foundations loos'ning to and fro They pluck' d the seated hills with all their load, Rocks, waters,...the shaggy tops Uplifting bore them in their hands : Amaze, Ke sure, and terror sciz'd the rebel host, When coming towards them so dread they saw The... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...the lightning glimpse they ran, they flew. From their foundations loos'ning to and fro, They pluck'd the seated hills with all their load, Rocks, waters,...the shaggy tops Uplifting, bore them in their hands. Amaze, 646 Be sure, and terror seiz'd the rebel host, • When coming towards them so dread they saw... | |
 | Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...and judicious pauses will exactly square : From their foundations loos'ning to and fro, They pluck'd the seated hills, with all their load, Rocks, waters,...and by the shaggy tops Up-lifting bore them in their handsSo again in Book ii. ver. 557. — When the fallen spirits are engaged in deep and abstruse researches... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...composes out of them the following great image : From their foundations loosning to and fro, They pluck'd the seated hills with all their load, Rocks, waters,...short description, improved by the imagination of Clau* dian, without its puerilities. I need not point out the description of the fallen angels seeing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...tbaggy armour clad, Her borderers ; on mutual slaughter bent. ftilifi. a. Rough ; rugged. They pluck'd the seated hills with all their load, Rocks, waters, woods ; and by the ilaggy topj Uplifting, bore them in their hands. Milton. rhere, where very desolation dwells, By grots... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...the lightning glimpse they ran, they flew; from their foundations loos'ning to and fro They pluck'd the seated hills with all their load, Rocks, waters,...the shaggy tops Uplifting bore them in their hands. Amaze, EC sure, and terror sciz'd the rebel host, U'hen coming towards them so dread they saw The bottom... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1808 - 330 pages
...their foundations loos'ning to and fro, They pluck'd the seated hills with all their load, i^RockS, waters, woods ; and by the shaggy tops Uplifting', bore them in their hands. — ... B • This idea of the giants throwing the mountains, •which is in itself so grand, Claudian... | |
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They pluck'd the seated hills with all their load, Rocks, waters, woods, and by the shaggy tops Uplifting bore them in their hands. Amaze, Be sure, and terror seized the rebel host, When coming towards them so dread they saw The bottom of the mountains... 
