 ... till the whole firmament was in a glow. The blueness of the ether was exceedingly heightened and enlivened by the season of the year, and by the rays of all those luminaries that passed through it. The galaxy appeared in its most beautiful white....  Select British Classics - Page 431803Full view - About this book
 | 1729 - 320 lehte
...its mod beautiful White. To compleat the Scene, the full Moon rofe at length in that clouded Majefty, which Milton takes Notice of, and opened to the Eye a new Picture of Nature, which was more finely (haded, and difpofed among fofter Lights, than that which the Sun had before difcovered to us. AS I... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1753 - 376 lehte
...its moft beautiful white. To complete the fcene, the full moon rofe at length in that clouded majefty which Milton takes notice of, and opened to the eye a new picture of nature, nature, which was more finely fhaded, and diipofed among fofter lights, than that which the fun had... | |
 | 1773 - 394 lehte
...moft beautiful white. To complete the fccne, the full moon rofe at length in that clouded raajefty, which Milton takes notice of, and opened to the eye a new pifture of nature, which wai more finely fhaded, and difpofed among fofter lights, ihan that which... | |
 | 1789 - 428 lehte
...its moft beautiful white. To complete the fcene, the full moon rofe at length in that clouded majefty which Milton takes notice of, and opened to the eye a new picture of nature, which was more finely fhaded, and difpofed among fofter lights, than that which the fun had before difcovered to us. As I... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 lehte
...its moil beautiful white. To complete the fcenc, the full moon rofe at length in that clouded majelly which Milton takes notice of, and opened to the eye a new piclure of nature, which was more finely fhadecl, and difpofed among fofter lights, than that which... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 lehte
...moft beautiful white. To complete the fcene, the full-moon rofc, at length, ill that clouded majefty, which Milton takes notice of; and opened to the eye a new picture of nature, which was more finely fliaded, and difpofed among lofler lights, than that which the fun had before difcovered to us. As... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 402 lehte
...moft beautiful white. To complete the fcene, the full moon rofe at length in that clouded majefty, which Milton takes notice of, and opened to the eye a new picture of nature, which was more finely fhaded, and difpofed among fofter lights, than that which the fun had before difcovered to us. As I... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 266 lehte
...galaxy appeared in its most beautiful white. To complete the scene, the full moon rose at length in that clouded majesty which Milton takes notice of,...which I believe very often perplexes and disturbs Wen of serious and contemplative natures. David himself fell into it in that reflexion, ' When I consider... | |
 | James Lackington, Allan Macleod - 1804 - 162 lehte
...and of the religion of Christ) for us to be able to forbear from making use of him as » witness. " As I was surveying the moon walking in her brightness, and taking her progress among the constel* •- :i. > » «f Milton's Paradise Lostr * <* * « latjons, a thought rose in me, which I... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 370 lehte
...galaxy appeared in its most beautiful white. To complete the scene, the full moon rose at length in that clouded majesty which Milton takes notice of,...than that which the sun had before discovered to us." To this exquisite passage immediately succeed the following awful reflections : " As I was surveying... | |
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