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Page 27
... The cumbrous elements , earth , flood , air , fire ; On whom the great Creator
bath bestow'd And this ethereal quintessence of Heaven Worlds , and on whom
bath all these graces Flew upward , spirited with various forms , pouried ; That
rolld ...
... The cumbrous elements , earth , flood , air , fire ; On whom the great Creator
bath bestow'd And this ethereal quintessence of Heaven Worlds , and on whom
bath all these graces Flew upward , spirited with various forms , pouried ; That
rolld ...
Page 61
With borders long the rivers : tbat Earth now The Earth was furiu'd , but in the
womb as Secai'd like to Hear'n , a seat where gods might yet dwell , Of waters ,
embryon immature involv'd , Or wander with delight , and love to baunt Appear'd
not ...
With borders long the rivers : tbat Earth now The Earth was furiu'd , but in the
womb as Secai'd like to Hear'n , a seat where gods might yet dwell , Of waters ,
embryon immature involv'd , Or wander with delight , and love to baunt Appear'd
not ...
Page 62
Ceus'd warbling , but all vight tuo'd ber soft And God said , Let the waters
generate Jays : Reptile with spawn abundant , living soul : Others op silver lakes
and rivers bath'd And let fowl fly above the Earth , with wings Their downy breast ;
the ...
Ceus'd warbling , but all vight tuo'd ber soft And God said , Let the waters
generate Jays : Reptile with spawn abundant , living soul : Others op silver lakes
and rivers bath'd And let fowl fly above the Earth , with wings Their downy breast ;
the ...
Page 63
... and Minions of Nature ; some of serpent kind , said , Wondrous in length and
corpulence , involv'd Be fruitful , multiply , and fill the Earth , Their snaky folds ,
and added wings . First Subdue it , and throughout dominion hold crept Over fisls
of ...
... and Minions of Nature ; some of serpent kind , said , Wondrous in length and
corpulence , involv'd Be fruitful , multiply , and fill the Earth , Their snaky folds ,
and added wings . First Subdue it , and throughout dominion hold crept Over fisls
of ...
Page 66
... thou wilt descry His beams unactive else , their vigour find . Communicating
inale and female light , Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries Wbich two
great sexes abimate the world , Officious , but to thee , earth's habitant . Stor'd in
each ...
... thou wilt descry His beams unactive else , their vigour find . Communicating
inale and female light , Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries Wbich two
great sexes abimate the world , Officious , but to thee , earth's habitant . Stor'd in
each ...
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Page 4 - They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their general's voice they soon obey'd, Innumerable.
Page 3 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Page 20 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 34 - They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleased.
Page 34 - With thee conversing, I forget all time; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 9 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, • — which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 65 - Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 4 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 90 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Page 66 - What if the sun Be centre to the world ; and other stars, By his attractive virtue and their own Incited, dance about him various rounds...
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| Title | La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1 History of women |
| Publisher | J. Bell, 1806 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Mar 2007 |
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