 | Longinus, William Smith - 1743 - 256 sider
...Skill, and raiie a rational Abhorrence of fuch hideous Objects. 1"he one feem'd Woman to the Waifle, and fair. But ended foul in many a fcaly fold. Voluminous and vaft ! a Serpent arm'd With mortal Sting : about her Middle round A. cry of Hell.hounds never ceo/ing bark'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1754 - 342 sider
...with circling fire , Yet unconfum'd. Before the gates there faC On either fide a formidable shape ; The one feem'd woman to the waift , and fair , But ended foul in many a fealy fold , Voluminous and vaft ! a ferpent arm'd .With mortal fting : about her middle round A cry... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1758 - 702 sider
...drew his picture of Sin, he was not a little indebted to Spenfer, The one feem' d woman to the wai/l, and fair, But ended foul in many' a fcaly fold, Voluminous and vaft, a ferpent arm'd With mortal fling. Let me add what Dio writes of the monfter on the Lybic ocean, [A.€I.««... | |
 | Virgil, Christopher Pitt, Joseph Warton - 1763 - 372 sider
...the porters of hell Before the gates there fate On either fide a formidable fhape ; The one i'cem'd woman to the waift, and fair ; But ended foul in many .a fcaly fold, Book 6. OF VIRGIL. 17, ' The pale Ti/iphonc ; a robe fhe wore, With all the pomp of horror, dy'd in... | |
 | Thomas Gibbons - 1767 - 540 sider
...that of Paradife Loft, in which he mines in fuperior glory. The defcription of Sin is as follows : The one feem'd woman to the waift, and fair, But ended foul in many a fcaly fold Voluminous and vaft, a ferpent arm'd With mortal fting : about her middle round A cry of hell-hounds never ceafing bark'd... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1781 - 620 sider
...hell in Milton. Although the fiftion is founded in the claflics. The one feem'd woman to the wafte and fair, But ended foul in many a fcaly fold Voluminous and vaft, a ferpent arm'd With mortal fting s. i Virgil, feeming to acknowledge him as an old acquaintance, mounts... | |
 | Virgil - 1778 - 478 sider
...Sin and Death, as the porters of hell Before the gates there fate On either fide a formidable fhape ; The one feem'd woman to the waift, and fair ; But...ended foul in many a fcaly fold. Voluminous and vaft ; a ferpent arm'tl With mortal fting — &c. — , The other fhape (If fhape it might be call'd that... | |
 | Christoph Meiners - 1787 - 388 sider
...^unben entjlanb , ifl д(е<ф ungereimt unb ecfel&aft. • ч' Thé one feem'd woman to the wafle, and fair/ but ended foul in many a fcaly fold voluminous and vail , a ferpent arnî'd With mortal fling: about her middle round °' '. ft-- A cry of Hell - Honnds... | |
 | Anna Seward - 1804 - 446 sider
...with ever changing dyes. * By this pi&ure we' are reminded of the figure of Sin at the gates of hell. The one feem'd woman to the waift, and fair, But ended foul in many a fcaly fold, Voluminous and vaft! MILTON'S Paradife Loft. The enfuing transformation conveys us from the ftat fhores of the Nile»to... | |
 | Anna Seward - 1804 - 462 sider
...with ever changing dyes. By this picture we are reminded of the figure of Sin at the gates of hell. The one feem'd woman to the waift, and fair, But ended foul in many a fcaly fold, Voluminous and vaft ! MILTON'S Paradife Loft. The enfuing transformation conveys us from the flat ftiores of the Nile to... | |
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... it's foam with undulating train; Above, below, they wheel, retreat, advance, In air and ocean weave the mazy dance; ' * Bow their quick heads, and point their diamond eyes, And twinkle to the fun with ever changing dyes. * By this pi&ure we' are reminded... 
