 Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous...  A Modern English Grammar - Page 170by Huber Gray Buehler - 1900 - 291 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now ca.ue still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad; . Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ;... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...twilight grey Had in her sober liv'ry all things clad ; Silence accompany'd ; for beast and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were...but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her am'rous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus,... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...and twilight grey Had in her soher livVy all things elad ; Silence accompanied; for heast and hird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk; all hut the wakeful nightingale; She all night long heram'rous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd ; now... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ;... | |
 | Anna Seward - Physicians - 1804 - 352 pages
...moon-light scenery in Milton. It is never more. charming than in the following instance : Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires. Hesperus, that...brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, o'er all Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Since... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...and twilight gray Had in her soher livery all things clad; Silence accompanied ; for heast and hird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all hut the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleas'd : now... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 526 pages
...dashing of the oar, and the carol of the distant boatmen ; in the language of the divine Milton : " Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in...their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk • With living saphirs." now glowed the firmament Seated upon a rock, we for a long time contemplated... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 320 pages
...Milton: " Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad : Q Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to...their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk With living saphirs." —now glowed the firmament Seated upon a rock, we for a long time contemplated... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 314 pages
...dashing of the oar, and the carol of the distant boatmen ; in the language of the divine Milton : " Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad : Q Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...The pret. and part. pass, ot liing. SLUNK. The pret. and part. pass, of slink. Silence accompany 'd ; for beast, and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nosts, Were slunk. Milton. To SLUK. -ja [sloorig, Dutch, lusty ; iloore, a slut.] i. To sully , to... | |
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