 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...treasures, better hid. Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a spacious wound, And digged out ribs of gold. Let none admire That riches grow in Hell ; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane. And here let those, Who boast in mortal things, and wondering tell Of Babel,... | |
 | William Frederick Deacon - 1823 - 494 pages
...sulphureous mists of the Phlegethon, the view was suddenly expanded, and the splendor became too * Let none admire That riches grow in Hell; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane. MILTON, Par. Lost. brilliant for earthly optics. A vast valley, inundated... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...treasures better hid. Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a spacious wound, And digg'd out ribs of gold. Let none admire That riches grow in hell; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane. And here let those Who boast in mortal things, and vvond'ring tell Of Babel,... | |
 | British - 1824 - 506 pages
...shape. Their subterrene domiciles are remarkable for their splendour, particularly in gold and gems. ' ' Let none admire That riches grow in hell — that soil may best , Deserve* the precious hane." Connected with this notion is the popular superstition of the Hindus,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...treasures better hid. Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a spacious wound, And digg'd out ribs of gold. ou'd do it, 'twould plainly appear He understood more than an Deserve the precious bane. And here let those Who boast in mortal things, and wond'ring tell Of Babel,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 806 pages
...Id. Macbeth. Hell'* black tyrant trembled to behold The glorious light he forfeited of old. Cowley. Let none admire That riches grow in hell ; that soil may best Deserve the precious baue. МШоп, In Covent-garden did a taylor dwell. Who might deserve л place... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...treasures, better hid. Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a spacious wound, And digg'd out ribs of gold. Let none admire That riches grow in Hell ; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane. And here let those, Who boast in mortal things, and wondering tell Of Babel,... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - Intellectual life - 1833 - 320 pages
...studded with precious gems. This allegory shows the unsatisfying nature of wealth ; thus Milton, ' Let none admire That riches grow in hell ; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane.' * ' JJuic via, Tartar ei giiafert Achertmtis ad undas .Turbidus hie c&no,... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - Women - 1836 - 610 pages
...canopy studded with precious gems. This allegory shows the unsatisfying nature of wealth; thus Milton : "Let none admire That riches grow in hell ; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane." The Fates and Furies, The Fates, (Parcce,) were the destinies who presided... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 524 pages
...treasures better hid. Soon had his crew Open'J into the hill a spacious wound, And digged out ribs of gold. Let none admire That riches grow in hell ; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane. And here let those Who boast in mortal things , and wondering tell Of Babel,... | |
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Let none admire That riches grow in Hell ; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane. 
