 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...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...Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. The hasty multitude 739 Admiring enter'd, and the work some praise And some the architect: his hand... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 608 pages
...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...Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. The hasty multitude 730 Admiring enter'd ; and the work some praise, And some the architect. His hand... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...level pavement: from the arched roof. Pendent hy subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and hlazing cressets, fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. The hasty multitude Admiring eutcr'd; and the work some praiee, And some the architect ; his hand was... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 394 pages
...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...Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. The hasty multitude 730 Admiring enter'd, and the work some praise And some the architect : his hand... | |
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 576 pages
...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...naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. There are also several noble similes and allusions in the first book of Paradise Lost. And here I must... | |
 | 1804 - 490 pages
...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...naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky > ' This might be finely represented by several illuminations disposed in a great frame of wood,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 526 pages
...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... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...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...Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. An ADDRESS to LIGHT. (MILTON.) HAIL, holy light! offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of th* Eternal... | |
 | Edward Scott Waring - 1807 - 356 pages
...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...Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky. MILTON, Book 1st. walking; but my companion, who was neither young nor active, and who even here could... | |
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The ascending pile Stood fixed her stately height, and straight the doors, 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... 
