Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean : there leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretched like a promontory, sleeps or swims, And seems a moving land ; and at his gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out, a... Conversations on Nature and Art - Page 2861839 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1800 - 322 pages
...• Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretch'd like a promontory, sleeps or. swims, And.se.em; a moving land, and at his gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out, a sea. Meanwhile the tepid caves, and fens, and shores, Their brood as num'rous hatch, from th' egg that soon... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...in their gait Tempest the ocean : there leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretch'd like a promontory sleeps or swims, And seems a moving land, and at his gills 415 Craws in, and at his trunk spouts out a sea. Meanwhile the tepid caves, and fens and shores Their... | |
| 1802 - 556 pages
...Leviathau, Hugeft of living creatures, on the deep Stretch 'd like a promontory fleeps, or fwims, And feems a moving land, and at his gills Draws in, and at his :runk fpouts out, a fea. Thus alfo he dißinguifhes the Leviathan again from the Crocodile, and the... | |
| Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean. There leviathan, Hugest of living creatures — ' • At his gills Draws in, and, at his trunk spouts out, a sea. Par. Lost. vii. 41. Or, the chief pours valour forth, as a stream, emitted by the whale of the ocean,... | |
| 1806 - 330 pages
...in their gait, Tempest the ocean; there leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretch'd like a promontory, sleeps or swims, And seems a moving...gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out, a sea^ B 2 Meanwhile the tepid caves, and fens, and shores, Their brood as num'rous hatch, from th' egg that... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...in their gait Tempest the ocean : there leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretch'd like a promontory, sleeps or swims, And seems a moving...gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out a sea. Meanwhile the tepid caves, and fens, and shores, Their brood as numerous hatch, from th' egg that soon... | |
| Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...their gait, Tempest the ocean; there leviathan, I Ingest of living creatures, on the deep Stretch'd like a promontory, sleeps or swims,, And seems a moving...gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out, a sea.. B2 Meanwhile the tepid caves, and fens, and shores Their brood as num'rous hatch, from th' egg that... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...in their gait, Tempest the ocean: there leviathan Hugest of living creatures,,on the <Wp Stretch'd like a promontory sleeps or swims, And seems a moving...gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out, a sea. Mean while the tepid caves, and fens, and shores* Their brood as numerous hatch, from the egg that... | |
| 1810 - 482 pages
...Hngesl of living creatures, on the deep Stre'eb'd like a promontory, sleeps or swims, And ».i-< in , a moving land, and at his gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out a sea. Mean while the tepid caves, und fens, and shores, [that soon Thi'ir brood as numerous hatch, from th'... | |
| John Walker - 1811 - 568 pages
...When Milton wrote, part huge of bulk Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gate, Tempest the ocean : there Leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretched like a promonlmy, sleeps or swims, And stems a moving land. P. Lost, b. VIL 410. lie had the following lines... | |
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