 | John Milton - 1853 - 374 pages
...indented wave, Prone on the ground, as since ; but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds that tower'd Fold above fold, a surging maze ! his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes; With burnish'd neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 376 pages
...similar is the description of the Serpent in the Adamus Exsul of Grotius. p. 38. ' Ocnli ardent duo, Fold above fold a surging maze, his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; soo With burnish'd neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated... | |
 | James Henry - 1853 - 616 pages
...precision, our own Milton applies the term spires to the coils of the serpent when erect, or raised upright, "Not with indented wave Prone on the ground, as since, but on his rear, With burnished neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires." Par. Lost, IX. 490. 223. (WALES... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1853 - 554 pages
...outrage to common sense like this, but he makes the serpent stand upright and move towards Eve. 39* " Not with indented wave Prone on the ground, as since ; but on liis rear, Circular base of rising folds, that towered, Fold above fold, a surging maze ! his head... | |
 | John Milton - 1854 - 534 pages
...spake the enemy of mankind, inclosed In serpent, inmate bad ! and toward Eve 495 Addressed his way;4 not with indented wave, Prone on the ground, as since...but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds, that towered Fold above fold, a surging maze ! his head Crested aloft ; and carbuncle6 his eyes ; 500 With... | |
 | Robert Macoy - Freemasons - 1855 - 460 pages
..." So spake the enemy of mankind, enclosed In SERPENT inmate had, and towards Eve Address'd his way, not with indented wave, Prone on the ground, as since,...but on his rear Circular base of rising folds, that tower'd Fold above fold, a surging maze, his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes, With burnished... | |
 | John Milton - Bookbinding - 1855 - 564 pages
...So spake the enemy of mankind inclosed In serpent, inmate bad ! and toward Eve Addressed his way : not with indented wave, Prone on the ground, as since...; but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds, towered Fold above fold, a surging maze ! his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With burnished... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1855 - 474 pages
...life ; then stretches stiff and cold." 577. " On his rear, Circular base of rising folds, that tower'd Fold above fold, a surging maze ! His head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With burnish'd neck of verdant gold, erect And the rear rings of his remotest tail, And trails its lagging... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Poets, English - 1855 - 512 pages
...mankind, enclosed In serpent, innate bad, and toward Eve Addressed his way, not with indented wave. Proue on the ground, as since, but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds, that towered Fold above fold a surging maze ; his head Created aloft, and carbuncle his eyes, AYith burnished... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...wave, Prone on the ground, as since ; but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds, that tower'd Fold above fold," a surging maze ! his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyesj f* d From Ate own evil. This passage is pre-eminently beautiful, and of extraordinary originality.... | |
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So spake the enemy of mankind enclosed In serpent, inmate bad ! and toward Eve Addressed his way, not with indented wave, Prone on the ground, as since, but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds that towered Fold above fold, a surging maze, his head... 
