 | English poetry - 1714 - 528 pages
...intricate Wards, and ev'ry Bolt and Bar, Of maflV Ir'n or folid Rock with Eafe Unfaftens : On a fudden open fly With impetuous Recoil and jarring Sound Th' infernal Doors, and on their Hinges grate Harfh Thunder, that the lowed Bdttom ihook Of Erebus. She open'd ; but to (hut Excel'd her Pow'r :... | |
 | 1738 - 310 pages
...of the Gates is very poetical, as the opening of them is full of Miltori's Spirit. i . ' Onafudden open fly With impetuous Recoil and jarring Sound Th* infernal Doors, and on their Hinges grate Harjh Thunder, that the loiveft Bottom fiook O/^Erebus. She open'd but tojhut Exceirdher PovSr ; the... | |
 | 1751 - 224 pages
...Open fly With impetuous recoil, and jarring foundTh' infernal doors ; and on their hinges grate Harfli thunder. But many beauties of this kind, which the moderns, and perhaps the ancients, have obferved, feem to be the product of blind reverence acting upon fancy. Dionyfius himfelf tells us,... | |
 | John Lawson - Eloquence - 1759 - 496 pages
...ffies," The Oppofition between the two following Defcriptions is remarkably beautiful : [y] " On a fudden open fly, With impetuous Recoil and jarring Sound, Th' infernal Doors, and on their Hinges grate. Harfli Thunder." [r] u Heav'n open-'d wide Her ever-dnrrng Gates, harmonious Sound, On golden Hinges... | |
 | John Lawson - Eloquence - 1760 - 500 pages
...flies/' The Oppofition between the two following Defcriptions is remarkably beautiful ; [y] " On a fudden open fly, With impetuous Recoil and jarring Sound, Th' infernal Doors, and on their Hinges grate Harfh Thunder." [r] " Heav'n open'd wide Her ever-during Gates, harmonious Sound, On goldefi Hinges... | |
 | William Dodd, Joseph Addison - 1762 - 264 pages
...Gates is very Poetical, as the opening of them is full of Miltin's Spirit. • On afujden cpen fty With impetuous Recoil and jarring Sound Th' infernal Doors, and on their Hinges grate Haijh 'Thunder, that the Itwefi Bottom jhook Of Erebus. SLe open'd, but to fiut '~ Excell' li her Power... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 460 pages
...Open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring found Th' infernal doors; and on their hinges grate Harfh thunder. But many beauties of this kind, which the moderns, and perhaps the ancients, have obferved, feem to be the product of blind reverence acting upon fancy. Dionyfius himfelf tells us,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 472 pages
...Open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring found Th' infernal doors; and on their hinges grate Harfh thunder. But many beauties of this kind, which the moderns, and perhaps the ancients, have obferved, feern to be the product of blind reverence a&ing upon fancy. Dionyfius himfelf tells us,... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...intricate wards, and every holt and har ' Ot' massy iron or solid rock with ease Unfastens ; on a sudden open fly. With impetuous recoil and jarring sound,...infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest hottom shook Of Erehus. She open'd, hut to shut Excell'd her pow'r; the gates wide... | |
 | George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 404 pages
...Milton's description of the opening of hell-gates ought not here to be overlooked. ——— On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound,...infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder ———— *. The same author has, in another performance, given an excellent specimen in this way,... | |
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Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus. 
