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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... pieces are only the amufement of leifure hours , and a relaxation to the mind from affairs of more concern ; befides , the largest books are not al- ways found to be the most useful , the most agreea- able to read , or the beft compofed ...
... pieces are only the amufement of leifure hours , and a relaxation to the mind from affairs of more concern ; befides , the largest books are not al- ways found to be the most useful , the most agreea- able to read , or the beft compofed ...
الصفحة 10
... pieces of execution , and , in fhort , all the talents , fcarcely credible , of the famous Archimedes ‡ . Boaft , A celebrated mathematician of Syracufe , and a relation Boaft , ye admirers of mechanic powers , the facred 10 THE PRAISE ...
... pieces of execution , and , in fhort , all the talents , fcarcely credible , of the famous Archimedes ‡ . Boaft , A celebrated mathematician of Syracufe , and a relation Boaft , ye admirers of mechanic powers , the facred 10 THE PRAISE ...
الصفحة 18
... pieces , fearing that they will fall into Hell , and not without juft reason , are anxious to find means how to deftroy it . Vain project ! fo as an empire never much the more foclifh and rafh , had a fteadier foundation , nor was lefs ...
... pieces , fearing that they will fall into Hell , and not without juft reason , are anxious to find means how to deftroy it . Vain project ! fo as an empire never much the more foclifh and rafh , had a fteadier foundation , nor was lefs ...
الصفحة 21
... piece of the almighty Creator , had given caufe , nay , certainty of belief , that they had , and fhould laft for ever . This opinion went from the philofophers to the poets , and all other famous authors , who give the stars the name ...
... piece of the almighty Creator , had given caufe , nay , certainty of belief , that they had , and fhould laft for ever . This opinion went from the philofophers to the poets , and all other famous authors , who give the stars the name ...
الصفحة 36
... pieces with terrible lafhes of their difciplines : fome bind themfelves with ropes , like mules or affes ; this wraps himself in haircloth , whilst that goes always barefoot ; one lies on the hard ground ; another abftains from food ...
... pieces with terrible lafhes of their difciplines : fome bind themfelves with ropes , like mules or affes ; this wraps himself in haircloth , whilst that goes always barefoot ; one lies on the hard ground ; another abftains from food ...
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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...