I was interrupted by a strange and terrible apparition ; for there appeared to me (arising out of the earth, as I conceived) the figure of a man, taller than a giant, or indeed than the shadow of any giant in the evening. Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley - Page 6by Abraham Cowley - 1772Full view - About this book
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1772 - 300 pages
...apparition ; for there appeared to me B 4 (arifina: (arifing out of the earth [r], as I conceived) the figure of a man, taller than a giant, or indeed...fhadow of any. giant in the evening. His body was naked 5 but that nakednefs adorned, or rather deformed all over, with feveral figures, after the manner of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 514 pages
...ftrange and terrible apparition ; forthere appeared to me (arifing out of the earth, as I conceived) the figure of a man, taller than a giant, or indeed...over, with feveral figures, after the manner of the ancient Britons, painted upon it i and I perceived that moft of them were the reprefentation of the... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 290 pages
...strange and terrible apparition ; for there appeared to me (arising out of the earth, as I conceived) the figure of a man, taller than a giant, or indeed than the shadow of any giant in the evening. His body was naked ; but that nakedness adorned, or rather deformed,... | |
| Harleian miscellany - 1808 - 644 pages
...strange and terrible apparition, for there appeared to me (arising out of the earth, as I conceived) the Figure of a man taller than a giant, or indeed than the shadow of any giant in the evening. His body was naked, but that nakedness adorned, or rather deformed... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 286 pages
...strange and terrible apparition ; for there appeared to me (arising out of the earth, as I conceived) the figure of a man, taller than a giant, or indeed than the shadow of any giant in the evening. His body was naked ; but that nakedness adorned, or rather deformed,... | |
| 1810 - 620 pages
...prays we know) Hear but his soul above, and not his blood below. -out of the earth, as I conceived) the Figure of a man taller than a giant, or indeed than the shadow of any giant in the evening. His body was naked, but that nakedness adorned, or rather deformed... | |
| 1810 - 696 pages
...strange and terrible apparition, for there appeared to me (arising out of the earth, as I conceived) the Figure of a man taller than a giant, or indeed than the shadow of any giant in the evening. His body was naked, but that nakedness adorned, or rather deformed... | |
| 1810 - 630 pages
...strange and terrible apparition, for there appeared to me (arising out of the ciirlh, as 1 conceived) the Figure of a man taller than a giant, or indeed than the shadow of any giant in the evening. His body was naked, but that nakedness adorned, or rather deformed... | |
| 1821 - 424 pages
...strange and terrible apparition ; for there appeared to me (arising out of the earth,* as I conceived) the figure of a man, taller than a giant, or indeed than the shadow of any giant in the evening. His body was naked ; but that nakedness adorned, or rather deformed,... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 246 pages
...strange and terrible apparition ; for there appeared to me (arising out of the earth, as I conceived) the figure of a man, taller than a giant, or indeed than the shadow of any giant in the evening. His body was naked ; but that nakedness adorned, or rather deformed,... | |
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