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 17
... amongst the ruins . Yet , if the thing was poffible , we fhould fee them imitate thofe haughty fons of earth , who formerly attempted to fcale Heaven . But in vain . they wish for this annihilation . The warmth of their defires , in ...
... amongst the ruins . Yet , if the thing was poffible , we fhould fee them imitate thofe haughty fons of earth , who formerly attempted to fcale Heaven . But in vain . they wish for this annihilation . The warmth of their defires , in ...
الصفحة 33
... amongst the inhabitants of our own nation ; a nation which efteems itself , and is esteemed by others , the wifeft , braveft , and most philofophical of all nations in the world , who cut their throats , blow out their brains , hang ...
... amongst the inhabitants of our own nation ; a nation which efteems itself , and is esteemed by others , the wifeft , braveft , and most philofophical of all nations in the world , who cut their throats , blow out their brains , hang ...
الصفحة 42
... to his feparate home , ( for fo far are they from being a- ble to find the way to their own houfes , that there is not one amongst them could find out the door of the There , you the room you fee them affembled in 42 THE PRAISE OF HELL .
... to his feparate home , ( for fo far are they from being a- ble to find the way to their own houfes , that there is not one amongst them could find out the door of the There , you the room you fee them affembled in 42 THE PRAISE OF HELL .
الصفحة 55
... amongst the winged race what the elephant is amongst the quadrupeds , lays her eggs in the fand , and then leaves them for the fun to hatch them , and bring forth the young ; which it alfo does by thofe of the tortoife , who lay in the ...
... amongst the winged race what the elephant is amongst the quadrupeds , lays her eggs in the fand , and then leaves them for the fun to hatch them , and bring forth the young ; which it alfo does by thofe of the tortoife , who lay in the ...
الصفحة 56
... amongst them all efcapes this fatal deftiny , feeble- and languishing , and feeling , through its life , the bad effects of that unnatural nourishment which was not deftined for it , we often fee it belying its birth , and difhonouring ...
... amongst them all efcapes this fatal deftiny , feeble- and languishing , and feeling , through its life , the bad effects of that unnatural nourishment which was not deftined for it , we often fee it belying its birth , and difhonouring ...
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
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...