 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pagina’s
...is his expression ? A hollow crystal pyramid he takes, t In firmamental waters dipp'd above, Of this a broad extinguisher he makes, And hoods the flames that to their quarry strove. he describes the Last Day, and the decisive tribunal, he intermingles 'his image : When rattling... | |
 | 1801 - 416 pagina’s
...flames drive on to storm the rest. Iiz0 CCLXXXI. An hollow crystal pyramid he takes, In firmamental waters dipt above; Of it a broad extinguisher he makes, And hoods the flames that to their quarry strove. CCLXXXI I. Each household genius shews again his face, And from the hearths the little Lares... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pagina’s
...is his expression ? A hollow crystal pyramid he take*, In firmameruul waters dipp'd above, Of this a broad extinguisher he makes, And hoods the flames that to their quarry strove. When he describes the Last Day, and the decisive tribunal, he intermingles this image : When... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pagina’s
...lie, And eager flames drive on to storm the rest, An hollow crystal pyramid he takes, In firmamental waters dipt above ; Of it a broad extinguisher he makes, And hoods the flames that to (heir quarry strove. The vanqiiish'd fires withdraw from every place, Or, full with feeding, sink into... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pagina’s
...eager flames drive on to storm the rest.* 281. An hollow crystal pyramid he takes, In firmainental waters dipt above ; Of it a broad extinguisher he...makes, And hoods the flames that to their quarry drove. 282. The vanquished fires withdraw from every place, f Or, full with feeding, sink into a sleep : Each... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 496 pagina’s
...London, at last claps an extinguisher upon it : " An hollow crystal pyramid he takes In firmamental waters dipt above ; Of it a broad extinguisher he...And hoods the flames that to their quarry drove." But another passage in Dryden is carried to a still greater lengtk •f profaneness and absurdity"... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pagina’s
...lie, And eager flames drive on to storm the rest, An hollow crystal pyramid he takes, In firmamental waters dipt above ; Of it a broad extinguisher he makes, And hoods the flames that to their quarry strove. The vanquish'd fires withdraw from every place, Or, full with feeding, sink into a sleep :... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pagina’s
...is his expression ? A hollow crystal pyramid he takes, In firmamental waters dipp'd above, Of this a broad extinguisher he makes, And hoods the flames that to their quarry strove. When he describes the Last Day, and the decisive tribunal, he intermingles thh image : When... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 412 pagina’s
...London, at last claps an extinguisher upon it: " An hollow crystal pyramid he takes In firmamental waters dipt above; Of it a broad extinguisher he makes, And hoods tiie flames that to their quarry drove." But another passage in Dryden is carried to a still greater... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 pagina’s
...Blackmore, Ps. civ. p. 263. t P. 75. $ P. 170. " An hollow crystal pyramid he takes, In firmameutal waters dipt above ; Of it a broad extinguisher he...And hoods the flames that to their quarry drove." But another passage in Dryden is carried to a still greater length of profaneness and absurdity in... | |
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The vanquish'd fires withdraw from every place, Or, full with feeding, sink into a sleep: Each household genius shows again his face, And, from the hearths, the little Lares creep. 
