 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 páginas
...the minds of men are always impressed by such strange and unusual phenomena: — " As when the snn, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs." LETTER LXII. WE are very seldom annoyed with thunder-storms ; and it is no less remarkable than true,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 410 páginas
...dread, with which the minds of men are always impressed by such strange and unusual phenomena: — As when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal,...dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nntions, and with tear of change Perplexes monarchs. LETTER CX. TO THE HON. DAINES HARRINGTON. WE are... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 páginas
...heavens has struck a superstitious terror into men. Milton says of the sun, when it is eclipsed, — " Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon In dim...nations ; and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs." The aurora borealis, or a meteor passing rapidly through the heavens, has occasioned a similar effect.... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 páginas
...air : 595 Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheda . On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes...shone Above them all the Arch-angel : but his face 600 Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd ; and care Sat on his faded cheek , but under brows Of dauntless... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 páginas
...phenomena: — As when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal, misty air, Shorn of his heams ; or, from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. LETTER CX. TO THE HON. DAINES HARRINGTON. WE are very seldom annoyed with thunder-storms ; and it is... | |
 | 1835 - 404 páginas
...tower; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured. As when the sun,...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs ; — darkened so, yet shone • Above them all, the Archangel." It is the fashion to quote Milton,... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 370 páginas
...his form had yet not lost " All her original brightness, nor appeared " Less than archangel ruined, and the excess " Of glory obscured : as when the sun...nations, and with fear of change " Perplexes monarchs." " He spake : and to confirm his words, outflew " Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 páginas
...nor appeared Less than archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun new-risen Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his...his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd, and canSat on his faded cheek ; but, under brows Of dauntless courage and considerate pride, Waiting revenge... | |
 | the christians - 1836 - 426 páginas
...the minds of nations by an eclipse, before the cause was explained by the advancement of science : " As when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs." — Paradise Lost. Mr. W. Martin, in his instructive " Christian Philosopher," gives the following... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 426 páginas
...nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun new-risen Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his...shone Above them all the archangel : but his face Л ^ Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd, and care Sat on his faded cheek ; but, under brows Of dauntless... | |
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He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the... 
