The Praise of Hell: Or, A Discovery of the Infernal World. Describing the Advantages of that Place, with Regard to Its Situation, Antiquity, and Duration. With a Particular Account of Its Inhabitants: Their Dresses, Customs, Manners, Occupations and Diversions. In which are Included, the Laws, Constitution and Government of Hell. With Notes Historical and Critical to Explain the Whole. Tr. from the French ...A. Manson, R. Durfey, 1765 - 232 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة iii
... against it , who com- monly judge of things but by their appearance . As you are not of this number , it is at your tribunal , whofe impartiality and understanding I am acquaint- ed with , I lay this book , abandoning it to your ju ...
... against it , who com- monly judge of things but by their appearance . As you are not of this number , it is at your tribunal , whofe impartiality and understanding I am acquaint- ed with , I lay this book , abandoning it to your ju ...
الصفحة xv
... against me , that it would make me tremble for my life , if it was in your hands . You fpeak but of flames and ftakes , to which your charity pioufly con- demns me . And for what , pray , are you fo enrag- ed ? Why , because a title has ...
... against me , that it would make me tremble for my life , if it was in your hands . You fpeak but of flames and ftakes , to which your charity pioufly con- demns me . And for what , pray , are you fo enrag- ed ? Why , because a title has ...
الصفحة xv
... against me , I confess it is fingular . I even own that it was that fingulari- ty which made me chufe it , the better to excite the curiofity of readers , and to engage them to read this fmall work , which is nothing the worse for the ...
... against me , I confess it is fingular . I even own that it was that fingulari- ty which made me chufe it , the better to excite the curiofity of readers , and to engage them to read this fmall work , which is nothing the worse for the ...
الصفحة xv
... , if you had continued your useless exclama- tions against a mortal , whom the irrevocable laws of nature have put out of your reach . Give a truce to A. 3 rancour rancour then , and admire the vivacity , fteadiness of INTRODUCTION .
... , if you had continued your useless exclama- tions against a mortal , whom the irrevocable laws of nature have put out of your reach . Give a truce to A. 3 rancour rancour then , and admire the vivacity , fteadiness of INTRODUCTION .
الصفحة xv
... against him , which he must doubtless laugh at in his grave . BUT I have a better opinion of you , and it is for that reason I intreat you to read this work , which , properly speaking , is a juft defcription of mankind fince the ...
... against him , which he must doubtless laugh at in his grave . BUT I have a better opinion of you , and it is for that reason I intreat you to read this work , which , properly speaking , is a juft defcription of mankind fince the ...
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Æneid affured againſt alfo almoſt alſo amongst ancient becauſe befides behold caufe cauſe chufe coft compofed confequently deferve defign defire delightful difpute earth facred faid fame famous faſhion fatire fcarcely feem feen felves fent ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fingle firft firſt flames fmall folly fome fometimes foon fouls ftill fubjects fuch fuffer fufficient furely give greateſt Heaven Hell himſelf honour houſe hundred infernal inftructed inhabitants itſelf juft juftice kind king laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs lived Lucifer moft moſt muft muſt never obferve occafion Ovid paffion pafs Papinian perfonages perfons philofopher Pierre Lombard pleaſe pleaſure poets poffeffed poffible prefent prince puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reft reign ſeen Semiramis ſhall ſome ſtill ſuch thefe themſelves ther theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion univerfe uſeful whilft whofe
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الصفحة 25 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it...
الصفحة 55 - Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones : the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
الصفحة 105 - Thofe raife the fong divine, and thefe advance In meafur'd fteps to form the folemn dance. There Orpheus, graceful in his long attire, In feven divifions ftrikes the founding lyre ; Acrofs the chords the quivering quill he flings, ooo Or with his flying fingers fweeps the firings.
الصفحة 147 - go from thy fpirit ? or whither fhall I flee from " thy prefence ? If I afcend up into heaven thou * * art there. If I make my bed in hell, behold thou " art there. If I take the wings of the morning, " and dwell in the uttermoft parts of the fea ; " even there fhall thy hand lead me, and thy right
الصفحة 69 - Livid and meagre were her looks, her eye In foul diftorted glances turn'd awry ; A hoard of gall her inward parts...
الصفحة 77 - Now floating to the sea with downward course, Now pointing upward to its ancient source : Such was the work, so intricate the place, That scarce the workman all its turns could trace ; And Daedalus was puzzled how to find 261 The secret ways of what himself design'd.
الصفحة 69 - And fpread a greennefs o'er her canker'd breaft ; Her teeth were brown with ruft ; and from her tongue, In dangling drops, the ftringy poifon hung, She never fmiles but when the wretched weep, Nor lulls her malice with a moment's fleep. Reftlefs in fpite : while, watchful to deftroy, * * She pines and fickens at another's joy ; Foe to herfelf, diftreffing and diftreft, She bears her own tormenter in her breaft.
الصفحة 109 - Breaks forth victorious in her native light; Then we? the chofen few, Elyfium gain, And here expatiate on the blifsful plain. Both thofe thin airy throngs thy eyes behold, I04S When o'er their heads a thoufand years have roll'd, In mighty crowds to yon...
الصفحة 109 - With those dark vices that she knew before : For this the souls a various penance pay, To purge the taint of former crimes away.
الصفحة 77 - While circling streams their former banks survey, And waters past succeeding waters see: Now floating to the sea with downward course, Now pointing upward to its ancient source. Such was the work, so intricate the place, That scarce the workman all its turns could trace: And Daedalus was puzzled how...