 Opening their brazen folds discover, wide Within, her ample spaces o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from...  Œuvres complètes - Seite 56von François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 Seiten
...brazen fo]cls discover wide Within her ample space, o'er the smooth And level pavement: from the urclicd roof Pendent by subtle magic many a row Of starry...blazing cressets, fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. The hasty multitude 739 Admiring enter'd, and the work some praise And... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 Seiten
...wide Within her ample spaces, o'er the smooth 725 And level pavement. From the arched roof, Pendant by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. The hasty multitude 730 Admiring enter'd ; and the work some praise, And... | |
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 Seiten
...clausa procella solo. K. The Architect of Hell. The ascending pile Stood fixed her stately height ; and straight the doors, Opening their brazen folds,...lamps, and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asplmltus, yielded light As from a sky. The hasty multitude Admiring enter'd ; and the work some praise,... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 Seiten
...Egypt with Assyria strove In wealth and luxury. Th' ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately height, and straight the doors Opening their brazen folds discover wide Within her ample space, o'er the smooth 725 And level pavement : from the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic many a... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 Seiten
...scene in Milton. He would have a large piece of machinery represent the Pandemonium, where ,» -• from the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic, many...; Of starry lamps, and blazing cressets, fed With Naptha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky This might be finely represented by several illuminations... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 Seiten
...dulcet symphonies and voices sweet. The artificial illuminations made in it : ——From th' arch'd roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry...blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. There are also several noble similes and allusions in the first book of... | |
 | 1804 - 498 Seiten
...would have a large piece of machinery represent the Pan-d*monium, where ' from the arched roof Pendant by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps, and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky >• •' This might be finely represented by several illuminations disposed... | |
 | 1806 - 408 Seiten
...Assyria strove In wealth and luxury. Th' ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately height; and strait the doors Opening their brazen folds discover wide,...blazing cressets, fed •With Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. An ADDRESS to LIGHT. (MILTON.) HAIL, holy light! offspring of Heav'n first-born,... | |
 | Edward Scott Waring - 1807 - 356 Seiten
...safe way of travelling over such bad and rocky ground. I often preferred from the arched roof, Pendant by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. MILTON, Book 1st. walking; but my companion, who was neither young nor... | |
 | Edward Scott Waring - 1807 - 358 Seiten
...safe way of travelling over such bad and rocky ground. I often preferred from the arched roof, Pendant by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light [18] walking; but my companion, who was neither young nor active, and who even here could... | |
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