 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence, Dropsies, and asthmas, and joint-racking rheums, Dire was the tossing, deep the groans ; Despair Tended...And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft inyok'd With vows, as their chief good, and final hope. Sight so deform... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1810 - 322 pages
...subject, with an example containing the united powers of many of the principles which have been explained. Dire was the tossing" deep the groans" Despair" Tended...And over them triumphant death" his dart" Shook" but delay'd to strike. Many of the rules and observations respecting Prosody, are taken from ' Sheridan's... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1810 - 352 pages
...subject, with an example containing the united powers of many of the principles which have been explained. Dire was the tossing" deep the groans" Despair" Tended the sick" busiest from couch to couch'' And 6v£r them triumphant death" his drfrt" Shook" but deiay'd to strike. Many of the rules and observations... | |
 | Benjamin Blayney - Bible - 1810 - 540 pages
...another, as when a person is slain by the sword. So our great Poet in his description of a lazar-house, Despair Tended the sick busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shpok 21. They heard how I sighed, there was none that comforted me] Vtttttt' has no subject expressed,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 384 pages
...my last Saturday's paper 1 ' Dire was the tossing1, deep the groans ; Despair Tended the sick, busy from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but dclay'd to strike, tho' oft invok'd ' With vows, as their chief good and final hope.' The passion which... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 pages
...occurs extreme! v often3. Milton has an exceeding fine one in the description of his Lazar-House. . " Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch,...over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, — but delay'd to strike, &c.'' PARADISE LOST, book xi. line 48g. 1 See two noble instances at 1. 141. of... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...occurs extremely often3. Milton has an exceeding fine one in the description of his Lazar-House. " Despair "Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch,...over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, — but delay'd to strike, &c.*' PARADISE LOST, book xi. line 48g. 1 See two noble instances at 1.141. of the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 pages
...I mentioned in my Jast paper. Dire was the tossing, deep the groans, Despair Tended the sick, busy from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows as their chief good and final hope. The passion which... | |
 | John Murray - Sermons, American - 1812 - 426 pages
...pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide wasting pestilence, Dropsies and asthmas, and joint racking rheums. Dire was the tossing, deep the groans ; Despair Tended...And over them triumphant Death' his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invok'd With vows its their chief good, and final hope. Sight so deform'd... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 pages
...occurs extremely often. 9 Milton has an exceeding fine one in the description of his LazarHouse:— 'Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch, And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook,—but delay'd to strike," &c. • Despair Paradise Lost, book xi. line 489. ' See two noble... | |
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Dire was the tossing, deep the groans : Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope. 
