 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...pent, When mountains tremble, those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came and drew The whole roof...of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors, or priests, Their choice nobility and flower, not only Of this... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...When mountains tremble, those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugg'd, lie shook, till down they came and drew The whole roof...of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, covmsellors, or priests, Their choice nobility and flower, not only Of this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 460 pages
...spectators and himself: Those two massy pillars, • With horrible confusion, to and fro Ht cngg'd, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder, Upon the hgads of all who sat beneath — — . Sam.wn, with these immixt, inevitably Pull'd down the same destruction... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...pent, When mountains tremble, those two massy pilWith horrible convulsion to and fro [lars He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came and drew The whole roof after them, irith burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1811 - 370 pages
...tore down the roof upon the spectators and himself: -Those two massy pillars, With horrible confusion, to and fro, He tugged, he shook, till down they came,...with burst of thunder, Upon the heads of all who sat beneathSamson with these immixt, inevitably Pull'd down the same destruction on himself. This is undoubtedly... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1812 - 364 pages
...to his fury without diminishing his strength, and the very pillars of the Temple of Oppression— " With horrible convulsion, to and fro, He tugged, he...of thunder, Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, connsellors, and priests, Their choice nohility! SAM. AGON1STEI. The error... | |
 | Robert Southey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English literature - 1812 - 362 pages
...to his fury without diminishing his strength, and the very pillars of the Temple of Oppression— " With horrible convulsion, to and fro, He tugged, he...shook — till down they came, and drew The whole roof a"er them, with burst of thunder, Vi.iim the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains,... | |
 | 1843 - 636 pages
...Came to the place * * * • » Those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro, He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole...burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath ; Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors, or priests — 1| • " bit a snail thing that thou hast brought... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 496 pages
...the spectators and himself: Those two massy pillars, With horrible confusion, to and fro He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole...with burst of thunder, Upon the heads of all who sat beueuth Samson with these immixt, inevitably, Pull'd down the same destruction on himself. This is... | |
 | England - 1829 - 840 pages
...idea of our encounter. " As with the force of windi and waters pent, When mountains tremble, these two massy pillars, With horrible convulsion to and...they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with bunt of thunder, Upon the heads of all who sat beneath." " Psha !" said Julia, blushing modestly, "can't... | |
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He tugged, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors... 
