 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...Swarm'd and were straiten'd; till, the signal given, Behold a wonder ! They hut now who seem'd In higness to surpass earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numherless, like that pygmean race 780 and again vi. 707. ' Ac veluti in pratis, uhi apet aestate serenl... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...crowd Swarm'd and were slraiten'd; till, the signal given. Behold a wonder : They, but now who seem'd In bigness to surpass Earth's giant sons, Now less...smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless, like that Pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount; or faery elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1837 - 584 pages
...smallest forms their shapes immense" — So thick the aery crowd Swarmed and were straitened ; till, the signal given, Behold a wonder ! they but now who...earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs. * Ktrby and Spence, vol. iv. p. 218. A few examples will illustrate the mode in which this force operates.... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 426 pages
...crowd Swarm'd and were straiten'd; till, the signal given. Behold a wonder ! They, but now who seem'd In bigness to surpass Earth's giant sons, Now less...smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless, like that Pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount ; or faery elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 524 pages
...crowd Swarm'd and were straiten'd; till, the signal given, Behold a wonder! they, but now who seem'd In bigness to surpass Earth's giant sons, Now less...smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless, like that Pygmean race qui doit se tenir incontinent à Pancloemonium , la grande capitale de SATAN... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1837 - 582 pages
...— So thick the aery crowd Swarmed and were straitened ; till, the signal given, Behold a wonder I they but now who seemed In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs. A few examples will illustrate the mode in which this force operates. It is well known that, among... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
...crowd Swarm'd, and were straiten'd ; till, the signal giv'n, Behold a wonder ! They but now who seem'd In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, Now less...smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless, like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount ; or faery elves Whose midnight revels, by a forest-side... | |
 | James Harris - 1841 - 652 pages
...augmentation ; when it is lessened, we call it diminution.0 Behold a wonder : they, but now who scem'd In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, Now less...smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless. Par. Lost, i. 777. Here we behold diminution. Parva mctu primo ; moi sese attollit in auras, Ingrediturque... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...crowd Swarm'd and were straitcn'd; till, the signal given. Behold a wonder '. They but now who seem'd he slumbering like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount ; or faery elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest... | |
 | James Harris - Philosophy, Modern - 1841 - 616 pages
...augmentation ; when it is lessened, we call it diminution.0 Behold a wonder : they, but now who seem'd In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, Now less...smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless. Par. Lost, i. 777. Here we behold diminution. Parva metu primo ; mox sese attollit in auras, Ingrediturque... | |
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Behold a wonder! they but now who seemed In bigness to surpass Earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless... 
