| William Shakespeare - 1785 - 456 pages
...Thus Milton, in Samsen Agonistes, paints Dalila : " But who is this, that thing of sea or land f " Female of sex it seems, " That so bedeck'd, ornate and gay, " Comes this way sailing " Like a stately ship " Of Tarsus, bound for the isles " Of Javan cr Gadier, " With all her bravery... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...and turn His labors, for thou canst, to peaceful end. But who is this, what thing of sea or land? 710 Female of sex it seems, That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for th' iles 715 Of Javan or Gadire With all her bravery on, and... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...turn His labors, for thou cans't, to peaceful end. But who is this, what thing of sea or land ? 7 10 Female of sex it seems, That so bedeck'd, ornate and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for th' iles Of Javan or Gadire With all her bravery on, and tackle... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...him in his state calamitous, and turn His labours, for thou canst, to peaceful end. But who is this, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems,...bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadire With all her bravery on, aud... | |
| John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...fine, Just, or unjust, alike seem miserable, For oft alike both come to evil end. But who i« this, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems,...bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing • Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadire With all her bravery on,... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1817 - 406 pages
...whom I have never yet seen Sir W. (Looking towards the entrance from the lawn.} " But who is this ? What thing of sea or land ? " Female of sex it seems — " That so bedecked, ornate, and gay, " Comes this way sailing. Enter Miss Gallagher. Miss G. Sir, I beg pardon.... | |
| Walter Scott - English fiction - 1818 - 386 pages
...Church, which takes place usually in the latter end of the month of May. CHAPTER XIII. But who is this ? what thing of sea or land— Female of sex it seems...bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing J MILTON. NOT long after the incident of the Bible and the bank-notes, Fortune showed that she could... | |
| Walter Scott - English fiction - 1818 - 424 pages
...Church, which takes place usually in the latter end of the month of May. CHAPTER XIII. But who is this ? what thing of sea or land— Female of sex it seems — That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Conies this way sailing ? , MILTON. NOT long after the incident of the Bible and the bank notes, Fortune... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1818 - 398 pages
...the latter end of the month of May. CHAPTER XIII. But who is this ? what thing of sea or landFemale of sex it seems— That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, •Comes this way sailing ? MILTON. NOT long after the incident of the Bible and the bank-notes, Fortune showed that she could... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...this state calamitous, and turn His labours, for thou canst, to peaceful end. — But who is this, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems,...bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gait! re With all her bravery on, and... | |
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