Hope, that glorious eminence, that " throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold... Herodotus - Page 420by Herodotus, William Beloe - 1831 - 489 pagesFull view - About this book
| English poetry - 1789 - 228 pages
...geese, and three buttered apple-pies." Preface, p. 7. 88. No I Itt Barbaric glories. - ] So Milton. " Where the gorgeous east with richest hand " Showers on her Kings BARBARIC pearl and gold." 89. Monhies shall climb our trees.] " In their lofty woods, serpents, and lizards of many beautiful... | |
| School - Satire, English - 1801 - 450 pages
...his eyes, August Pagodas round his palace rise, And Verse 67. No! let barbaric glories.] So Milton. " Where the gorgeous east with richest hand Showers on her Kings barbaric pearl and gold." And finish'd Richmond open to his view, " A work to wonder at, perhaps"— a Kew. 7$ Nor rest we here... | |
| 1801 - 448 pages
...his eyes, August Pagodas round his palace rise, And Verse 67. No! let barbaric glories.] So Milton. " Where the gorgeous east with richest hand Showers on her Kings barbaric pearl and gold." And finish'd Richmond open to his view, **• A work to wonder at, perhaps" — a Kew. 70 Nor rest... | |
| 1827 - 790 pages
...Book 2. Line 1. " High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbarick pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat." SIN PREVENTING THE COMBAT BETWEEN SATAN AND DKATB. Book... | |
| John Wolcot - 1804 - 178 pages
...his eyes, August Pagodas round his palace rise, Verse 67. No I let Barbaric glories.] So Milton : " Where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her Kings Barbaric pearl and gold." Verse 72- Monites shall climb our frees.] " In their lofty woods, serpents, and lizards of many beautiful... | |
| Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 176 pages
...his eyes, August Pagodas round his palace rise, Verse 67. No! let Barbaric glories.] So Milton : " Where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her Kings Barbaric pearl and gold." Verse 72. Monkies shall climb our trees.] " In their lofty woods, serpents, and lizards of many beautiful... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 488 pages
...189. describes the splendour and liberality of Almamon. Milton has alluded to this Oriental custom : ....Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings Barbaric pearls and gold. I have used the modem word tottery, to express ihe Missilia of the Roman emperors,... | |
| William Mason - 1805 - 150 pages
...shall climb our trees, and lizards crawl ; NOTES. Verse 67. [No ! let Barbaric glories.] So Milton. " Where the gorgeous e,ast with richest hand " Showers on her Kings Barbaric pearl and gold." TO SIR WILHAM CHAMBERS, KNIGHT. ' 15 . Huge dogs of Tibet bark in yonder grove. Here parrots prate,... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...BOOK II. /- /s HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand Showers on her kings barbarick pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit rais'd To that bad eminence: and, from despair... | |
| Firdawsī - English poetry - 1814 - 316 pages
...VERSE 686. Showers golden presents from Ms kands.^ Milton alludes to the custom in Paradise Lost : Where the gorgeous east with richest hand Showers on her Kings barbaric pearl and gold. la the note on this passage ty- Warburton, it is. said to bare Voluptuous damsels trill the sportive... | |
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