 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pages
...fire. There are, however, in this part some passages that deserve attention ; as in the beginning; 4 H Ė "6 1843 A. V. Blake"! Johnson Samuel" Samuel John Í All was the Night's, and in her eilent reign No sound the rest of Nature did invade In this deep... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...could doubt, And wants the Pow'r to meet it when 'tis known. Such was the Rise of this prodigious Pise, Which in mean Buildings first obscurely bred, From thence did soon to open Streets aspire, And streight to Palaces aud Temples spread. The diligence of Trades and noiseful Gain, And Luxury, more... | |
 | John Dryden - 1852 - 378 pages
...His prince, surpris'd, at first no ill could doubt, And wants the pow'r to meet it, when 'tis known. Such, was the rise of this prodigious fire, Which...silent reign No sound the rest of nature did invade. The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic spectres to rejoice : About the fire... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
...His prince, surpris'd at first, no ill could doubt, And wants the power to meet it when 'tis known. ful rapture took : The air, such pleasure loth to...her part was done, And that her reign had here its In this deep quiet, from what source unknown. Those seeds of Fire their fatal birth disclose ; And... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...doth impair the seeing sense, It pays the hearing double recompense. Shakspere. The diligence of trade and noiseful gain, And luxury, more late asleep were...silent reign No sound the rest of nature did invade. — Dryden. Now night her course began, and over heaven Inducing darkness, grateful truce, impos'd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...fire. There are, however, in this part some passages that deserve attention, as in the beginning : " The diligence of trades and noiseful gain, And luxury,...silent reign No sound the rest of Nature did invade In this deep quiet " The expression " all was the night's" is taken from Seneca, who remarks on Virgil's... | |
 | John Dryden - 1854 - 324 pages
...prince, surprised at first, no ill could doubt, And wants the power to meet it when 'tis known. 215 Such was the rise of this prodigious fire, Which in...aspire, And straight to palaces and temples spread. 216 The diligence of trades, and noiseful gain, And hixury more late, asleep were laid ; All was the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...fire. There are, however, in this part some passages that deserve attention ; as in the beginning : " The diligence of trades, and noiseful gain, And luxury, more late, asleep were laid 1 All was the Night's, and in her silent reign No sound the rest of Nature did invade In this deep... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...sable arms around the world, And folding all within her sable grasp. Hopkins's Pyrrhut The diligenee of trades and noiseful gain, And luxury more late,...silent reign No sound the rest of nature did invade. Dryden's Annas Mirabilis. This dead of night, this silent hour of darkness, Nature for rest ordain'd,... | |
 | C J. M - 1857 - 414 pages
...the parish church. of St. Margaret's, Southwark. CHAPTER II. * " The diligence of trade and noiaeful gain, And luxury, more late, asleep were laid : All...silent reign No sound the rest of nature did invade. The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic spectres to rejoice ; About the fire... | |
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The diligence of trades and noiseful gain, And luxury more late, asleep were laid : All was the night's ; and in her silent reign No sound the rest of nature did invade. 
