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" Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good, Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable,... "
The British Essayists;: Spectator - Page 276
by Alexander Chalmers - 1808
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The Spectator, Volume 4

1738 - 310 pages
...River of Oblivion. The mon flrous Animals produced in that Infernal World are reprefented by a fingle Line, which gives us a more horrid Idea of them, than a much longer Defcription would have done. Nature breeds, Ptrver/e, all monftrous, all prodigious Things, jftominable,...
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A Familiar Explanation of the Poetical Works of Milton: To which is Prefixed ...

William Dodd, Joseph Addison - 1762 - 264 pages
...River of Oblivion. The monftrous Animals produced in that infernal World are reprefented by a fingle Line, which gives us a more horrid Idea of them, than a much longer Defcription would have done. Nature breeds, Perverfe, all monftrous, all pi odigious Things, Ahominable,...
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A Familiar Explanation of the Poetical Works of Milton: To which is Prefixed ...

John Milton, William Dodd - 1762 - 284 pages
...Defcription of 1,'dl are finely imagined ; as the four Rivers which difgorge themfelves into the Sea of Fire, the Extremes of Cold and Heat, and the River of Oblivion. The monftrous Animals produced in that infernal World are reprefented by a fingle Line, which gives us...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. The Sixth ...

John Milton - 1763 - 670 pages
...defcription of Hell are finely imatin'd ; as the four rivers which ifgorge themfelves into the fea of fire, th^e extremes of cold and heat, and the river of oblivion. The monllrou;, animals produced in that infernal world are reprefeqted by a iingle line, which gives us...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from ...

John Milton - 1795 - 260 pages
...and the river of otlivion. The monstrous nnimals produced in that infernal world are represented hy a single line, which gives us a more horrid idea of them, than a much longer description of them would have done. This episode of the fallen Spirits and tliejr place of hahitation comes in...
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The Spectator ...

1803 - 412 pages
...description of hell are finely imagined ; as the four rivers which disgorge themselves into the sea of fire, the extremes of cold and heat, and the river...Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feign'ii, or fear conceiv'd, Gorgons and hydras, and chimeras dire." This episode of the fallen spirits...
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Select British Classics, Volume 14

English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...description of hell are finely imagined ; as the four rivers which disgorge themselves into the sea of fire, the extremes of cold and heat, and the river...all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, unutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feign'd, or fear conceiv'd, Gorgons and hydras, and chimeras...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...description of hell are finely imagined ; as the four rivers which disgorge themselves into the sea of fire, the extremes of cold and heat, and the river...world are represented by a single line, which gives a more horrid idea of them, than a much longer description would have done. Nature breeds, Perverse,...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index

Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...description of bell are finely imagined ; as the four rivers which disgorge themselves into tbe sea of fire, the extremes of cold and heat, and the river...world are represented by a single line, which gives IB a more horrid idea of them than a much longer description wonld have done : - Mature breeds, Perverse,...
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A Discourse on Religious Education: Delivered at Hingham, May 10, 1818 ...

Andrews Norton - Religious education - 1818 - 1164 pages
...Persia, and the Buddhists of the remoter East, as well as in countless minor sects in that nursery of " all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimaeras dire." Two valuable works of Tholuck...
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