And wide in air its misty volumes hurl'd Contagious atoms o'er the alarmed world: Nymphs, your bold myriads broke the infernal spell, And crush'd the sorceress in her flinty cell." In these two last lines the Doctor alludes, as he tells us in a note,... Journal of a Tour in Iceland, in the Summer of 1809 - Page 148by Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1813 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
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...volcanos, fee an account of the Harmattan, in the notes on Chunda, vol. II. And, wide in air, in mifty volumes hurl'd Contagious atoms o'er the alarmed world ; Nymphs ! your bold myriads broke the infernal fpell, 155 And crufh'd the Sorcerefs in her flinty cell. 2. " Where with foft fires in unextinguifli'J... | |
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...ground; Pour'd from red nostrils, with her scalding breath, A boiling deluge o'er the blasted heath j And wide in air its misty volumes hurl'd Contagious...happened subsequently to the time of Sir Joseph Banks' be ing there, and which extended as far as the Geysers, and overflowed them with its lava. Whence he... | |
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...struggling, shook the ground ; Pour'd from red nostrils, with her scalding breath, A boiling deluge o'er the blasted heath ; And wide in air its misty volumes...Nymphs, your bold myriads broke the infernal spell, And crush' d the sorceress in her flinty cell." In these two last lines the Doctor alludes, as he tells... | |
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