 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...  The North American Review - Page 293edited by - 1845Full view - About this book
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...wealth and luxury. Th' ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately height ; and straight the doors, Op'ning their brazen folds, discover 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... | |
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 pages
...viator, Ne redeat fracto clausa procella solo. K. The Architect of Hell. The ascending pile Stood fixed her stately height ; and straight the doors, Opening...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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...720 Their kings, when 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... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...strove In wealth and luxury. Th' ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately highth, and strait the doon Opening their brazen folds, discover wide Within her ample spaces o'er the smooth 723 And level pavement : from the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic many a row Of starry lamps and... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...Egypt with Assyria strove In wealth and luxury. The ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately highth : and straight the doors, Opening their brazen folds,...her ample spaces, o'er the smooth And level pavement : from the arched roof Pendant by subtle jnagick many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed... | |
 | 1846 - 790 pages
...affcirs." To admire any thing was tiot our mood: " The ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately heighth; and straight the doors, Opening their brazen folds,...ample spaces, o'er the smooth And level pavement." And as these lines suggested themselves, we recollected who the first Whig is said to have b,een, and... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...seat Their kings, when Egypt with Assyria strove In wealth and luxury. The ascending pile Stood Cx'd th my goodness, which is free To act or not, necessity...will is fate. ' " So spake the Almighty, and to what ; from the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed... | |
 | John Milton - 1820 - 342 pages
...wealth and luxury. Th' ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately height ; and straight the doors, Op'ning 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...wealth and luxury. Th' ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately height ; and straight the doors, Op'ning their brazen folds, discover wide Within, her ample spaces, o'er the smooth 725 Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With Naphtha and... | |
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