 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 290 pages
...uplift above the wave, and eye That sparkling blazed!— He spake: and to confirm his words outflew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs...cherubim. The sudden blaze Far round illumined hell— There are certain words in every language particularly adapted to the poetical expression: some from... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 308 pages
...light which appeared upon the drawing of their swords : He spake; and to confirm his words out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illmmif d hell. — The sudden production of the Pandtemonium : Anon out of the earth a fabrick huge... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 458 pages
...contributes greatly to the sublimity of the passage. He spake ; and to confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumin'd hell : highly they rag'd Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clash'd on their... | |
 | John Milton - 1820 - 342 pages
...then, War 660 Open or understood, must be resolv'd." He spake : and, to confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty Cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumm'd Hell : highly they rag'd 665 Against the High'est, and fierce with grasped arms Clash'd on... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 226 pages
...War then, War, Open or understood, must be resolved. He spake : and, to confirm his words, out-flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs...Cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined Hell : Highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clash'd on their sounding shields... | |
 | 1822 - 788 pages
...light which appeared upon the drawing of their swords : ' He spake ; and to confirm his words out flew rt life. 1 think another probable conjecture may be raised from our appetite 8 t illurmn'd belt ' The sudden production of the Pandsmonium : 4 Anon out of l he earth a fabric huge... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...light which appeared upon the drawing of their swords : He spake ; and to confirm his words out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs...cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined hell. — i. 663. The sudden production of the Pandaemonium : Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Hose like... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 354 pages
...light which appeared upon the drawing of their swords : He spake ; and to confirm his words out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumin'd hell. The sudden production of the Pandeemonium : Anon out of the earth a fabrick huge Rose... | |
 | 1824 - 294 pages
...light which . appeared upon the drawing of their swords; He spake; and to confirm his words out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim: the sudden blaze Far round illumin'd hell The sudden production of the Pandaemonium: Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...desert of fertility. Byron's Sardanapalus, a. 1, s. 2. He spake : and to confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumin'd hell : highly they rag'd Against the High'st, and fierce with grasped arms Clash'd on their... | |
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Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty Cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined Hell. Highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward... 
