 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...fantasies M5 Begin to throng into my memory, Of culling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. Those thoughts may startle well, but not astound, S10 The virtuous mind, that ever walks attended By... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...Drummelziar, and chief of a powerful clan. To those spirits were also ascribed, in Scotland, the —" Airy tongues, that syllable men's names, On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses." When the workmen were engaged in erecting the ancient church of Old Deer, in Aberdeenshire, upon a... | |
 | John Milton - 1815 - 236 pages
...desert wiitler 521235A 500 COMUS. These thonghts may startle well, bnt not Astonnd, $10 The virtnons mind, that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, Conscience. — 0 weleome, pnre.ey'd Faith ; white.handed Hope, Thon hovering angel, girt with golden wings ; And thon.... | |
 | William Beloe - 1817 - 400 pages
...CHAP. LP 339. The same subject, with a representation of similar virtues exemplified in such trials. As may startle well but not astound The virtuous mind,...walks attended By a strong siding champion Conscience. CHAP. LI. P. 344. Might not she who is concisely characterized in this chapter have exclaimed, Mortals... | |
 | William Beloe - 1817 - 402 pages
...representation of similar virtues exemplified in such trials. As may startle well but not astound TI.e virtuous mind, that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion Conscience. CHAP. LI. P. 344. Might not she who is concisely characterized in this chapter have exclaimed, Mortals... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 344 pages
...continuation of the passage may be happily applied to Jeanie Deans upon this singular alarm : — *' These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The...attended By a strong siding champion — Conscience." In fact, it was, with the recollection of the affectionate and dutiful errand on which she was engaged,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 346 pages
...continuation of the passage may be happily applied to Jeanie Deans upon this singular alarm :^— " These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The...mind, that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion—Gonacience," In fact, it was, with the recollection of the affectionate and dutiful errand... | |
 | William Beloe - 1818 - 402 pages
...same subject, with a representation of similar virtues exemplified in such trials. As may sttirtle well but not astound The virtuous mind, that ever...walks attended By a strong siding champion Conscience. CHAP. Li. P. 34S. Might not she who is concisely characterized in this chapter have exclaimed, Mortals... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...envious Darkness, ere they could return, Had stole them from me : else, O thievish Night, Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern...By a strong siding champion, Conscience. 0 welcome, pure ey'd Faith, white handed Hope. Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wing"; And thou, unblemish'd... | |
 | 1820 - 608 pages
...beckoning shadows dire, And aery tongues, that syllable men'» namei On sands, and shores, and dcsart wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but...a strong siding champion, Conscience — 0 welcome pure-ey'd Faith, white-handed Hope, Thou hovering Angel, girt with golden wings, And thou, unblemish'd... | |
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What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses. 
