 To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: Attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last Words, interwove...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 3861852Full view - About this book
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...now prepar'd 615 To speak ; whereat their doubl'd ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers. Attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. At last 620 Words... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...now prepar'd 615 To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last 6 jo Words... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...He now prepar'd To speak ; whereat their double ranks they bend From wing to wing, ami half inclose him round With all his peers : attention held them...spite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth ~. The catalogue of evil spirits has abundance of learning in it, and a very agreeable turn of poetry,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...the same guilt and ruin with himself. . , He now prepar'd To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round...all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth The catalogue of evil... | |
 | Richard Payne Knight - Art - 1805 - 512 pages
...Pathetic. Stands on the blasted heath. He now prcpar'd To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend, From wing to wing, and half enclose him round,...spite of scorn, Tears such as angels weep burst forth. Throughout the poem, the infernal excite more interest than the celestial personages, because their... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - Forgery of manuscripts - 1805 - 364 pages
...efforts have benne fruitlesse' is a sentence that seems to have been written by a reader of Milton : ' Thrice he essay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth.' " On this comment I have only to remark, that Milton or his works never occurred to me at the moment... | |
 | Richard Payne Knight - Art - 1806 - 508 pages
...their doubled ranks they bend, Of the Su- From wing to wing, and half enclose him round, Pathetic* With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice...spite of scorn, Tears such as angels weep burst forth. Throughout the poem, the infernal excite more interest than the celestial personages, because their... | |
 | Richard Payne Knight - Art - 1806 - 502 pages
...to wing, and half enclose him round, Pathetic"* With a11 his Peers : attention held tnem muteThrice he essay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears such as angels weep burst forth. Throughout the poem, the infernal excite more interest than the celestial personages, because their... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...baiC Stanch on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd 61 To speak ; wheieat their doubled rants they brnd From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all, his peers : attention held them route. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in ipite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at... | |
 | Richard Payne Knight - Aesthetics - 1808 - 510 pages
...though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd , To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend, From wing to wing, and half enclose him round, With all his peers : attention held them mute. _ . Thrice he essay d, and thrice, in spite ot scorn, Tears such as angels weep burst forth. Throughout... | |
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