 Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena Is of such power to stir up joy as this, To life so friendly, or so cool to thirst.  Comus, a Mask - Page 32by John Milton - 1797 - 66 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - Bookbinding - 1855 - 564 pages
...returns .Brisk as the April buds in primrose-season. And first behold this cordial julip here, That names and dances in his crystal bounds, With spirits of balm and fragrant syrups mixed ; Not that nepenthes, which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena, Is of such power... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - Mythology - 1856 - 512 pages
...recipe for an invigorating draught, called Nepenthe, which the Egyptian queen gave to Helen : — " Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena, Is of such power to stir up joy as this, To life so friendly or so cool to thirst." Comus. Menelaus and Helen... | |
 | William Maginn - 1856 - 372 pages
...12 were slaughtered before the eyes of him who drinks the i*t\ri8ov, the oblivious antidote : — " That nepenthes, which the wife of Thone, In Egypt, gave to Jove-born Helena." * The coincidence of the passages is so striking, that I think it impossible that Shakespeare should... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 480 pages
...lines in " Comus " — " Behold this cordial julep here That flames and dances in his crystal bounds ! Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In ^Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena, Is of such power as this to stir up joy, To life so friendly, or so cool to thirst." Egypt was the land of wonders,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 480 pages
...lines in " Comus " — "Behold this cordial julep here That flames and dances in his crystal bounds ! Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In ^Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena, Is of such power as this to stir up joy, To life so friendly, or so cool to thirst." Egypt was the land of wonders,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1858 - 924 pages
...allude to certain properties of hemp as a pain-allayer. M. Virey has endeavored to show that the " Nepenthes, which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena," must have been no other than hashish. This drug seems always to have been known to the Egyptians; who... | |
 | Great Britain - 1858 - 516 pages
...allude to certain properties of hemp as a pain-allayer. M. Virey has endeavoured to show that the " Nepenthes, which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena, " must have been no other than hashish. This drug seems always to have been known to the Egyptians... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Keightley - 1859 - 492 pages
...danees in his erystal bounds, With spirits of balm and fragrant syrups mixed. Not that Nepenthes, whieh the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena, Is of sueh power to stir up joy as this, To life so friendly, or so eool to thirst. Why should you be so... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 134 pages
...returns 670 Brisk as the April buds in primrose-season. And first, behold this cordial julep here, That flames and dances in his crystal bounds, With spirits of balm and fragrant syrops 1nix'd : Not that Nepenthes, which the wife of Thone 675 In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena,... | |
 | John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 548 pages
...and returns 670 Brisk as the April buds in primrose season. And first behold this cordial julep here, That flames and dances in his crystal bounds, With...Thone, In Egypt, gave to Jove-born Helena, Is of such power to stir up joy as this, To life so friendly, or so cool to thirst. Why should you be so cruel... | |
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