 ... it without some disturbance of his attention from the counteraction of the words to the ideas. What can be more dreadful than to implore the presence of night, invested not in common obscurity, but in the smoke of hell ? Yet the efficacy of this invocation...  The British Essayists: Rambler - Page 154edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
 | 1752 - 204 pages
...of this invocation is deftroyed by the infertion of an epithet now feldom heard but in the ftable, and dun night may come or go without any other notice than contempt. If we ftart into raptures when fome hero of the Iliad tells us that ifcipu paiisntu, his lance rages with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 422 pages
...of this invocation is dtftroyed by the infertion of an epithet now feldom heard but in the ftable, and dun night may come or go without any other notice than contempt. If we ftart into raptures when fome hero of the Iliad tells us that Scpu :U*'tI/ETnt, his lance rages with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 416 pages
...this invocation is deftroyed by the infertion of an epithet jiow feldom heard but in the ftable,.and dun night may come or go without any other notice than contempt. If we ftart into raptures v/hen fome hero of the Iliad tells us that Sfyv /t*«»«T«i, his lance rages... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...of this invocation is deftroyed by the infertion of an epithet now feldom heard but in the ftable, and dun night may come or go without any other notice than contempt. If we ftart into raptures when fome hero of the Iliad tells us that S°p\I pawrai, his lance rages with eagernefs... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 266 pages
...can be more dreadful than to implore the presence of night, invested not in common obscurity but in the smoke of hell ? Yet the efficacy of this invocation...raptures when some hero of the Iliad tells us that iifv paunm, his lance rages with eagerness to destroy; if we are alarmed at the terror of the soldiers... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 268 pages
...can be more dreadful than to implore the presence oi night, invested not in common obscurity, but in the smoke of hell! Yet the efficacy of this invocation...contempt. If we start into raptures when some hero of the Illiad tells us, that (S/pu ftaivtr»i) his lance rages with eagerness to destroy : if we are alarmed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 354 pages
...can be more dreadful than to implore the presence of night, invested, not in common obscurity, but in the smoke of hell ? Yet the efficacy of this invocation...raptures when some hero of the Iliad tells us that Sopu paiviTou, his lance rages with eagerness to destroy ; if we are alarmed at the terror of the soldiers... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 412 pages
...can be more dreadful than to implore the presence of night, invested, not in common obscurity, but in the smoke of hell ? Yet the efficacy of this invocation...raptures when some hero of the Iliad tells us that fapv fu*ii-riti, his lance rages with eagerness to destroy ; if we are alarmed at the terror of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1809 - 278 pages
...can be more dreadful than to implore the presence of night, invested not in common obscurity but in the smoke of hell? Yet the efficacy of this invocation...the stable, and dun night may come or go without any olher notice than contempt. If we start into raptures when some hero of the Iliad tells us that Sopu... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 416 pages
...can be more dreadful than to implore the presence of night, invested, not in common obscurity, but in the smoke of hell ? Yet the efficacy of this invocation...raptures when some hero of the Iliad tells us that Sofv /»«'WT«», his lance rages with, eagerness to destroy ; if we are alarmed at the terrour of... | |
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