 | John Milton - 1820 - 340 pages
...recompense best merits) from the bough 995 She gave him of that fair enticing truit With liberal hand : he scrupled not to eat Against his better knowledge,...charm. Earth trembled from her entrails, as again 1000 In pangs, and Nature gave a second groan ; Sky low'r'd, and muttering thunder, some sad drops... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 pages
...this figure; Milton, speaking of the eafing of the forhidden fruit, thus sings : ' " Earth tremhled from her entrails, as again In pangs, and nature gave a second groan : Sky low'rd, and muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin." Example 2. Grief {a solitude... | |
 | 1825 - 364 pages
...seat Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost." Paradise Lost, IX. 780. " Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs, and nature gave a second groan, Sky lour'd, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original." I. 1000;... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...recompense best merits) from the bough 995 She gave him of that fair enticing fruit With liberal hand : he scrupled not to eat Against his better knowledge,...charm. Earth trembled from her entrails, as again 1000 In pangs, and Nature gave a second groan; Sky lowYd, and muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 356 pages
...With liberal hand : he scrupled not to eat, Against his better knowledge ; not deceiv'd, Butjfondly overcome with female charm. Earth trembled from her...again In pangs ; and Nature gave a second groan ; Sky lour'd ; and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original : while... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 324 pages
...Milton thus descrihes the immediate effects of eating the forbidden fruit. Terror produces the figure. Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs, and nature gave a second groan ; Wept, at'completing of the mortal sin. Sky low'r'd, and, mutt'ring thunder, some sad drops The impatience... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pages
...enticing fruit With liberal hand : he scrupled not to eatj Against his better knowledge ; not deceived, But fondly overcome with female charm. Earth trembled...again In pangs ; and Nature gave a second groan : Sky lour'd; and, mutterin g thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original: while... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 682 pages
...wound, and Nature, from her seat Sighing, through all her works gave signs of woe That all was lost. • Upon Adam's falling into the same guilt, the whole...and Nature gave a second groan ; Sky low'r'd, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin. As all nature suffered by the... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 810 pages
...nature, from her seat Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost. — it. 780. Upon Adam's falling into the same guilt, the whole...scrupled not to eat Against his better knowledge ; not deceived, But fondly overcome with female charm. Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1823 - 716 pages
...Milton thus describes the immediate effects of eating the forbidden fruit. Terror produces the figure. Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs, and nature gave a second groan ; Sky lowVd, and, mutt'ring thunder, some sad drops Wept, at completing of the mortal sin. • Thou sun,... | |
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