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 barbaric pearl and gold... A universal geography - Page 350by Thomas Milner - 1850Full view - About this book
| John Milton - 1837 - 524 pages
...qu'il cherchait. BOOK IL HIGH on a throne of royal slate, 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, Salan exalted sat, by merit raised To that bad eminence : and, from despair Thus high... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Readers - 1839 - 322 pages
...imparts dignity to the verse. " High on a throne of royal plate, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand. Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted pat." 5. The rising inflection may be noticed in the direct interrogative.... | |
| Oratory - 1840 - 452 pages
...passage from Milton. High on a throne of royal state, which far f ,e' ,-!/.', the wealth of Ormus, or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous east, with richest hand Showers on her fangs barbaric, pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat I Or in the following from one of Sheridan's speeches.... | |
| George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...impressive, when employed in passages of sublime description, or expressing deep reverence and awe. (m) High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus" or of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous- East with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric, pearl... | |
| Commerce - 1840 - 556 pages
...developments may not bring to light mines of gems which may rival the mineral treasures of that region " Where the gorgeous east, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold." Every year new discoveries are made of the wealth that is contained in our soil, and... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - Atlantic States - 1841 - 538 pages
...in his exquisite description of the " Throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Orinus or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearls and gold." As we retired from the scene, we could not repress the expression of our surprise... | |
| Elijah Coleman Bridgman - Cantonese dialects - 1841 - 760 pages
...precisely where it commenced. The following lines afford instances resembling it in English verse. High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormuz or of Inde, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Show'rs on her kings barbaric, pearls and gold,... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - Travel - 1841 - 594 pages
...in his exquisite description of the " throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearls and gold." As we retired from the scene, we could not repress the expression of our surprize... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - Travel - 1841 - 590 pages
...exquisite description of the " — — throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand Showers on her kings harbaric pearls and gold." As we retired from the scene, we could not repress the expression of our... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...world which ho sought HIGH on a throne of royal state, which for Outshone the wealth of Orrnus and les and Seasons teem in vain, Unseen and unenjoy'd. Forsaking these, O'er peopled pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit rais'd To that bad eminence: and, from despair Thus high... | |
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