| Aaron Arrowsmith - 1831 - 970 pages
...Tortoises ; with the bones and shells of which they are said to have built and covered their houses. * High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormuz and of Ind, — Aftlttn, Par. lott. Book II. 2. ""Effri li TOI wporifiui Kap/javi'floc ticroStv... | |
| Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...through, directed by Chaos, the power of that place, to the sight of this new woild which he sought. High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone...Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit rais'd To that bad eminence... | |
| John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...through, directed by Chaos, the Power of that place, to the sight of this new world which he sought. HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone...Ind, Or where the gorgeous east with richest hand 1 High] Compare with this the opening of the second book of Ovid's Metam. ' Regia solis erat,' &c.... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1832 - 360 pages
...extension of syllabic quantity. 1. Grandeur and solemnity of Description. The following is an instance. "High on a throne of roy-al state, which far Out-shone...Ind; Or where the gor-geous east with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat." 2. Reverential and earnest prayer,... | |
| William Toone - 1832 - 532 pages
...old romances as coming- from the east; and Milton, in allusion to oriental grandeur, says— Or which the gorgeous east, with richest hand, Show'rs on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold. —— In a full rich aparaylment Of Samyte green, with mickle pride f That wrought was in the orient.... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...use, it even adds greatly to that variety with which the ear is so much delighted.* . EXAMPLES. 1. High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of Inde . . Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, , Showers, on her kings barbaric, pearF... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1832 - 356 pages
...Grandeur and solemnity of Description. The following is an instance. • ; High on a throne of roy-a] state, which far Out-shone the wealth of Or-mus and of Ind; Or w.here the ^w-geous east with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat." 2.... | |
| Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...with red hot plates of Iron, and at last put to the infamous death of the cross, a Roman citizen !" " High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and_of Inde ; Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kmgs barbaric pearl and... | |
| John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...through , directed by Chaos , the Power of that place , to the sight of this new world which he nought. HIGH on a throne of royal state , which far Outshone...kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit rais'd 5 To that bad eminence: and, from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires Beyond... | |
| John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...the sight of this new world which he sought. PARADISE LOST. BOOK II. HIGH on a throne of royal stale, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings harharic pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, hy merit raised To that had eminence... | |
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