| John Bell - 1777 - 644 pages
...our hearts allow, And what Timotheus was, is Drydcn now. to CHARACTER OF DRYDEN. ; AH oot or ORAY'S. BEHOLD, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear, Two coursers of ethereal race, . CPaccWith necks in thunder clo.,th 'd, and long.resoundi ng Hark, hishands the lyre... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...i. 20, 26, 28. He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light [9], Clos'd his eyes in endless night (y), Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race (z), With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace (a). III. 3. Hark, his hands... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...sapphire blaze. He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light [9], Clos'd his eyes in endless night (y). Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race (z), With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace (a). III. 3. Hark, his hands... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 pages
...of the r,lory of the Lord. J?ze*zWL20,2638. He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light [8], Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's...Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race y, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resoundinj pace z. III. 3. Hark, his hands... | |
| William Pitt - 1804 - 330 pages
...that prophet, and with more than mortal rapture, exclaims, " The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble while they gaze, HE saw : but,...excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night." Surely the simple allusion to the loss of sight in Homer (the op6av«» ^ a^™) by Gray himself, or... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...hearts allow, And what Timotheus was, is Dryden now. CHARACTER OF DRYDEN. FROM GRAY'S PROGRESS OF POESY. BEHOLD, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear, Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding Hark, his hands the lyre explore... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...Shakespeare. + Milton. * flamnumii mcenit mundi. Lucreiita. The living throne, the sapphire-blaze*, Where angels tremble while they gaze, He saw, but blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night, Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...Dryden. He, indeed, furnishes his car • with but two horses; but they are of " ethereal race :" " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, " Wide o'er the fields of glory bear " Two coursers of ethereal race, " With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long resounding pace." Ode on the Progress of... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...characterise Dryden. He, indeed, furnishes his car with but two horses ; but they are of " ethereal race:" " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, " Wide o'er the fields of glory bear " Two coursers of ethereal race, '• With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long resounding pace." Ode <m ttt fr<$mt efften.... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...Abyss to spy. He pass'd the flaming bounds of Place and Time: The living Throne, the sapphire-blaze, Where Angels tremble, while they gaze, He saw; but blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields... | |
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