 | 1793 - 806 pages
...hear the fcaly herd when Proteus blows. And fo to pafture follow through the La, XVI. To fee thi« fleet upon the ocean move, Angels drew wide the curtains of the ikies; And heaven, as if there wanted light* above, For tapers made two glaring comets rife. XVII.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pages
...two firft lines ferioufly, and that fome wag had added the two latter in burlefque. Who would expect the lines that immediately follow, which are indeed...wanted lights above, For tapers made two glaring comets rife. The The defcription of the attempt at Bergen will afford a very compleat fpecimen of the defcriptions... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 806 pages
...foon obey ; So hear the fcaly herd when Proteus blows, And fo to pafture follow through the fta. XVI. To fee this fleet upon the ocean move. Angels drew wide the curtairr, of the flcics ; And heaven, as if there wanted lights above, for tapers made two glaring... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 pages
...foon obey ; So hear the fcaly herd when Proteus blows, And fo to pafture follow through the fea. XVI. igh the flaming fword appears, Which full defcending, with a frightful flues ; And heaven, as if there wanted lights above, For tapers made two glaring comets rife. XVII.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...which are indeed perhaj indecently hyperbolical, but cerfainly in a mode totally different ? To see this fleet upon the ocean move, Angels drew wide the curtains of the skies ; And heaven, as if there wanted lights above,, For tapers made two glaring comets rise. The... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...two lirft lines ferioufly, and that fome wag had added the two latter in burlefque. Who would expect the lines that immediately follow, which are indeed...wanted lights above, For tapers made two glaring comets rife. The defcription of the attempt at Bergen will afford a very complete fpecimen of the defcriptions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 308 pages
...added the two latter in burlefique. Who would _expe£t the Hues that immediately follow, which arc .indeed perhaps indecently hyperbolical, but certainly...the ocean move, Angels drew wide the curtains of the ikies ; And Heaven, as if there wanted lights above, For tapers made two glaring comets rife. • •... | |
 | 1801 - 416 pages
...Coeruleu« Proteus immania ponti " Arme&a ct maSnas pasci: sub SurSiu Pbocas, VIRG. , Eiij And Heav'n, as if there wanted lights above, For tapers made two glaring comets rise. XVII. Whether they unctuous exhalations are Fir'd by the sun, or seeming so alone, Or each some... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...two first lines seriously, and that spine wag had added the two latter in burlesque. Who would expect the lines that immediately follow, which are indeed...hyperbolical, but certainly in a mode totally different ? To see ^his fleet upon the ocean move, Angels drew wide the curtains of the sties ; And heaven, as if... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 658 pages
...Proteus blows, And fo to pafture follow through the fea. XVI. To fee this fleet upon the ocean more, Angels drew wide the curtains of the fkies ; And heaven, as if there wanted lights above, For tapeis made two glaring comets rife. XVII. Whether thty unftuous exhalations arc, Fir'd by the fun,... | |
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To see this fleet upon the ocean move, Angels drew wide the curtains of the skies; And heaven, as if there wanted lights above, For tapers made two glaring comets rise. 
