| John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro '649 He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came and drew The whole roof after them, with burst...of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors, or priests, Their choice nobility and flower, not only Of this... | |
| 1803 - 296 pages
...With horrible confusion, to and fro, He ttigg'd, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whcle roof after them, with burst of thunder, Upon the heads of all who sat beneath...... Sarn,son with these inmixt, inevitably Pull'd down the same destruction on himself. This is undoubtedly... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...thunder, Sucn groans oí roaring wind and rain, I never • Remember to have heard. Siaijftare. Down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder, Upon the heads of all. Milton. Imprison'd rires, in the close dungeons pent, Roar to get loose, and struggle for a vent ;... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 424 pages
..., Those two massy pillars, With horrible confusion, to and fro He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst...of all who sat beneath — — Samson, with these imraixt, incvitably Pull'd down the same destruction on himself. This is undoubtedly a just and regular... | |
| 1806 - 340 pages
...himself. •Those massy pillars, With horrible confusion, to and fro, He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them with burst of thunder, Upon the heads of all who .<at beneath— ——Samson with these immixt, inevitably Pull'd down the same destiuction on himself.... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro 1649 He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors, or priests, Their choice nobility and flower, not only Of this... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 334 pages
...Those two massy pillars, * With horrible confusion, to and fro, •He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst...of thunder, Upon the heads of all who sat beneath Samion with thess immixt, inevitably Pull'd down the same destruction on himself. This is undoubtedly... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 412 pages
...— Thosetwo massy pillars, With horrible confusion, to and fro He tugg'd- he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst...beginning and an end which Aristotle himself could not have disapproved ; but it must be allowed to want a middle, since nothing passes between the first... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...-Those two mnsby pillars, With horrible confusion, to and fro lie tugg'd, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst...beginning and an end which Aristotle himself could not have disapproved; b it it must be allowed to want a middle, since nothing passes between the first... | |
| 1810 - 462 pages
...Those two massy pillars, * With horrible contusion, to and fro He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst...same destruction on himself. , This is undoubtedly q. just and regular catastrophe, and the poem, therefore, has a beginning and an end which Aristotle... | |
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