 Dcpress'd, and overthrown, as seem'd, Like that self-begotten bird In the Arabian woods embost, That no second knows nor third, And lay ere while a holocaust, From out her ashy womb now teem'd, Revives, reflourishes, then vigorous most When most unactive...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius - Page 436by Samuel Johnson - 1810Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1874 - 758 pages
...Arabian woods embost,2 That no second knows nor third, And lay ere while a holocaust,3 From out her ashy womb now teem'd, Revives, reflourishes, then vigorous most When most unactive deem'd ; And, though her body die, her fame survives nio A secular* bird, ages of lives. Man. Come, come ; no time... | |
 | John Milton, Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1874 - 608 pages
...on thir heads. So vertue giv'n for lost, Deprest, and overthrown, as seem'd, Like that self-begott'n bird In the Arabian woods embost, That no second knows nor third And lay e'rewhile a Holocaust, From out her ashie womb now teem'd, Revives, reflourishes, then vigorous most... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1874 - 432 pages
...eyes illuminated, His fierye vertue rouz'd From under ashes into sudden flame, Like that self-begott'n bird In the Arabian woods embost, That no second knows nor third, And lay erewhile a Holocaust, From out her ashie womb now teem'd, Eevives, re-flourishes, then vigorous most... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - 1877 - 564 pages
...Depress'd, and overthrown, as seem'd, Like that self-begotten bird , l " In the Arabian woods imbost, That no second knows nor third, And lay ere while a holocaust, From out her ashy womb now teem'd, Revives, reflourishes, then vigorous most ' * When most unactive deem'd,... | |
 | J. G - 1878 - 408 pages
...but as an eagle His cloudless thunder bolted on their heads. So Virtue, given for lost, Depress'd, and overthrown, as seem'd, Like that self -begotten...woods embost, That no second knows nor third, And lay erewhile a holocaust, From out her ashy womb now teem'd, Revives, reflourishes, then vigorous most... | |
 | 1878 - 228 pages
...their heads. So virtue given for lost, Depressed and overthrown, as seemed, Life that self-begotten bird In the Arabian woods embost, That no second knows nor third, And lay crewhile a holocaust From out her ashy womb now teemed, Revives, reflourishes, then vigorous most When... | |
 | Dublin city, univ - 1878 - 498 pages
..."spectrum quoddam vehemens et terribile" before the gates of Paradise ? (g). " Like that self-begotten bird In the Arabian woods embost, That no second knows nor third, And lay erewhile a holocaust." Explain. 7. Where are the following passages to be found ? — (a). " Now more... | |
 | David Masson - 1880 - 880 pages
...their heads. So Virtue, given for lost, Depressed and overthrown, as seemed, Like that self-begotten bird, In the Arabian woods embost, That no second knows nor third, And lay erewhile a holocaust, From out her ashy womb now teemed, Revives, reflourishes, then vigorous most... | |
 | Thomas Miller Maguire - 1880 - 140 pages
...than in mount Epraim Jael. " " That solved the riddle which I had proposed." " Like that self-begotten bird In the Arabian woods embost, That no second knows, nor third, And lay erewhile a holocaust." 187. In what senses are the following words used : — acquist, lavers, secular... | |
 | John Milton - 1881 - 894 pages
...lost, Depress'd, and overthrown, as seem'd, Like that self-begotten bird In the Arabian woods imbost, That no second knows nor third, And lay ere while a holocaust, From out her ashy womb now teem'd, Revives, reflourishes, then vigorous most When most unactive deem'd, And... | |
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