| Henry Baker - 1737 - 580 pages
...ftands, who rules the dreary Coaft : A fordid God : down from his hoary Chin A Length of Beard defcends, uncomb'd, unclean : His Eyes like hollow Furnaces on Fire : A Girdle, foul with Greafe, binds his obfcene Attire. He fpreads his Canvas : with his Pole he fteers And Freights of flitting... | |
| Samuel Whyte - 1795 - 638 pages
...ftands who rules the dreary coaft; A fordid God ! down from his hoary chin A length of beard defcends, uncomb'd, unclean; His eyes like hollow furnaces on fire : 'A girdle, foul with greafe, binds his obfcene attire. An airy crowd came rufhing where he ftood, Which fill'd the margm... | |
| Virgil - 1803 - 408 pages
...and clay, Are whirl'd aloft, and in Cocytus lost: There Charon stands, who rules the dreary coast — A sordid god : down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends, uncomb'd, unclean: 415 His eyes, like hollow furnaces on fire; A girdle, foul with grease, binds his obscene attire. He... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pages
...Bailej. SO'ROID. adj. \sordidus, Latin.] I. Foul ; gross ; filthy ; dirty. There Charon funds, A jvrJut god ; down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends, uncomb'd, unclean. DryUn. ». \sordidr, Fr.] Intellectually dirty ; mean ; vile ; base. Thou canst not those exceptions... | |
| Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806 - 328 pages
...and clay, Are whirl'd aloft, and in Cocytus lost: There Charon stands, who rules the dreary coast— A sordid god : down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends, uncomb'd, unclean : 415 His eyes, like hollow furnaces on fire; A girdle, foul with grease, binds his obscene attire... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 504 pages
...the dreary coast — A sordid god : down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends, uncombed, unclean : His eyes, like hollow furnaces on fire ;...with grease, binds his obscene attire. He spreads his canvas ; with his pole he steers ; The freights of flittingghosts in his thin bottom bears. He looked... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pages
...clay, Are whirled aloft, and in Cocytus lost : There Charon stands, who rules the dreary coast — A sordid god : down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends, uncombed, unclean : His eyes, like hollow furnaces on fire ; A girdle, foul with grease, binds his... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 pages
...clay, Are whirled aloft, and in Cocytus lost : There Charon stands, who rules the dreary coast — A sordid god : down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends, uncombed, unclean : His eyes, like hollow furnaces on fire ; A girdle, foul with grease, binds his... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 770 pages
...and clay, Are whirl'd aloft, and in CocytHS lost : There Charon stands, who rules the dreary coast: A sordid god ; down from his hoary chin A length of...uncomb'd, unclean; His eyes, like hollow furnaces on fire j A girdle, foul with grease, binds his obscene attire, He spreads his canvass, with his pole he steers... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 pages
...Cocytus lost : There Charon stands, who rules the dreary coast : A sordid god ; down from his hoary chiu A length of beard descends : uncomb'd, unclean ; His...hollow furnaces on fire ; A girdle, foul with grease, hinds his obscene attire. He spreads his canvass, with his pole he steers ; The freights of flitting... | |
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