 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
 | John Milton - 1862 - 568 pages
...in their gait Temp^t the ocean : there leviathan, Hu<-ost of living creatureg, 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 sooc... | |
 | Henry Theodore Cheever - 1862 - 346 pages
...CAPTUBINQ AND CUTTING-IN OF A WHALE. " Here 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 Dram in, and at his trunk spouts out, a sea." Milton, " There she blows ! " — The Boats start in... | |
 | John Duns - 1863 - 650 pages
...dolphins play : part huge of bulk, Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean ; there leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the...gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out, a sea." But why limit the word to any of the Cetacea or whale kind ? May the amphibious forms of crocodilian... | |
 | Christian Friedrich Koch - 1863 - 516 pages
...— Canst thou draw out Leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord? 41,1. Leviathan swims — and at his gills draws in and at his trunk spouts out a sea. M. pi. 7,412. Hippopotamus — he had the impudence to pretend to have some likeness to a horse HW.... | |
 | 1908 - 856 pages
...will be well to take in detail the remaining references to animals in Milton's poems. The leviathan "seems a moving land, and at his gills draws in, and at his trunk [his trunk!] spouts out, a sea." There is also an allusion to the "great whales," and the ancient travellers'... | |
 | 1909 - 502 pages
...dolphins play ; part, huge of bulk, Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean. There Leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the...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 the egg, that soon,... | |
 | Herman Melville - 1981 - 608 pages
...Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugestthat s wim the ocean stream. Paradise Lost. — There Leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the...gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out a sea. Ibid. The mighty whales which swim in a sea of water, and have a sea of oil swimming in them. Fuller's... | |
 | Herman Melville - 1983 - 1470 pages
...beast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean stream." Paradise Lost. "There Leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the...gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out a sea." Ibid. "The mighty whales which swim in a sea of water, and have a sea of oil swimming in them." Fuller's... | |
 | Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 pages
.... sways .... There, Leviathan Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretch' d like a promentory sleeps or swims, And seems a moving land, and at his gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out the sea. Would you have guessed Milton? Poets are always complaining (and rightly) that words are not... | |
 | Herman Melville, G. Thomas Tanselle - 1988 - 1080 pages
...MOBY DICK. E [not present] E "There Leviathan,/ Hugest of living creatures, in the deep/ Stretch'd like a promontory sleeps or swims,/ And seems a moving land; and at his gills/ Draws in, and at his breath spouts out a sea."/ PARADISE LOST. E THESE VOLUMES ARE E [not present] E [not present] E NIGHT-WATCH—FORE-TOP... | |
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