I desired my guide, for variety, to lead me to the fabulous apartment, the roof of which was painted with gorgons, chimeras, and centaurs, with many other emblematical figures, which I wanted both time and skill to unriddle. The first table was almost... The Tatler - Page 2121804Full view - About this book
| 1888 - 498 pages
...forward with a scheme of mathematical figures in his hand ; among which I observed a cone and a cylinder. Seeing this table full, I desired my guide, for variety,...right hand were Achilles and Ulysses, and between them JEneas ; on his left were Hector, Theseus, and Jason : the lower end had Orpheus, JEsop, Phalaris,... | |
| 1888 - 488 pages
...variety, to lead me to the fabulous apartment, the roof of which was painted with Gorgons, Chimaeras, and Centaurs, with many other emblematical figures,...right hand were Achilles and Ulysses, and between them JEneas ; on his left were Hector, Theseus, and Jason : the lower end had Orpheus, JEsop, Phalaris,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1871 - 524 pages
...therefore scarcely appear in the statue, was below the notice of Pope. — WAKTOX. Addison's Vision: "At the upper end sat Hercules, leaning an arm upon his club." • The pause at the word " strikes" renders the verse finely descriptive of the circumstance. Milton,... | |
| 1891 - 478 pages
...leaning an arm upon his club; on his right hand were Achilles and Ulysses, and between them .iEneas; on his left were Hector, Theseus, and Jason: the lower end had Orpheus, JEsop, Phalaris, and Musaeus. The ushers seemed at a loss for a twelfth man, when, methought, to my... | |
| George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 439 pages
...variety to lead me to the fabulous apartment, the roof of which was painted with gorgons, chimeras, and centaurs, with many other emblematical figures,...full. At the upper end sat Hercules, leaning an arm 1 The annotators of the 1786 edition devoted a very long note to the defence of Pythagoras against... | |
| David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 466 pages
...variety, to lead me to the fabulous apartment, the roof of which was painted with gorgons, chimeras, and centaurs, with many other emblematical figures,...right hand were Achilles and Ulysses, and between them JEneas; on his left were Hector, Theseus, and Jason; the lower end had Orpheus, JEsop, Phalaris, and... | |
| David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 452 pages
...variety, to lead me to the fabulous apartment, the roof of which was painted with gorgons, chimeras, and centaurs, with many other emblematical figures,...right hand were Achilles and Ulysses, and between them JEne&s; on his left were Hector, Theseus, and Jason; the lower end had Orpheus, ^Esop, Phalaris, and... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1915 - 464 pages
...variety, to lead me to the fabulous apartment, the roof of which was painted with gorgons, chimeras, and centaurs, with many other emblematical figures,...right hand were Achilles and Ulysses, and between them Aeneas ; on his left were Hector, Theseus, and Jason; the lower end had Orpheus, Aesop, Phalaris, and... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 534 pages
...variety to lead me to the fabulous apartment,* the roof of which was painted with gorgons, chimeras, and centaurs, with many other emblematical figures,...the upper end sat Hercules, leaning an arm upon his club.b On his right hand were Achilles and Ulysses, and between them .ZEneas. On his left were Hector,... | |
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