Then with their sharpen'd fangs their limbs and bodies grind. The wretched father, running to their aid With pious haste, but vain, they next invade ; Twice round his waist their winding volumes roll'd ; And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The... Curiosities of Natural History - Page 210de Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1859 - 423 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Virgil - 1803 - 408 pages
...running to their aid With pious haste, but vain, they next invade; 285 Twice round his waist their winding volumes roll'd; And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest thus doubly chok'd — their crests divide. And tow'ring o'er his head in triumph ride. With both his hands he... | |
| Sir John Carr - 1803 - 302 pages
...With pious haste, but vain, they next invade : " Twice round his waist the winding volumes rolPd, " And twice about his gasping throat they fold. " The priest, thus doubly chok'd, their crests divide, " And tow'ring o'er his head in triumphs ride. " With both his haiids... | |
| Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806 - 328 pages
...running to their aid With pious haste, but vain, they next invade ; 285 Twice round his waist their winding volumes roll'd ; And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest thus doubly chok'd — their crests divide, And tow'ring o'er his head in triumph ride. With both his hands he... | |
| 1808 - 578 pages
...father, running to their aid With pious haste, but vaift, they next invade: Twice round his waist their winding volumes roll'd ; And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest thus doubly chok'd — their crests divide, And tow'ring o'er his head in triumph ride. With both his hands he... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pages
...aid With pious haste, but vain, they next invade; Twice round his waist their winding volumes rolled; And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest thus doubly choked — their crests divide, And towering o'er his head in triumph ride. With both his hands he labours at the knots... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 pages
...With pious haste, but vain, they next invade ; Twice round his waist their winding volumes rolled ; And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest thus doubly choked — their crests divide, And towering o'er his head in triumph ride. With both his hands he labours at the knots... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 pages
...father, running to their aid With pious haste, but vain, they next invade : Twice round his waist their winding volumes roll'd, And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest, thus doubly chok'd, their crests divide, And, towering o'er his head, in triumph ride. With both his hands he labours... | |
| 1812 - 424 pages
...father, running to their aid With pious haste, but vain, they next invade : Twice ruund his waist their winding volumes roll'd ; And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest thus doubly choak'd — their crests divide, And tow'ring o'er his bead in triumph ride. With both his hands he... | |
| Thomas Blore - 1815 - 320 pages
...With pious haste, but vain, they neit invade; Twice round his waist their winding volumes rolled $ And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest thus doubly choked— their crests divide And lowering o'er hii head in triumph ride. With both his hands he labours at the knoll... | |
| Virgil - 1819 - 488 pages
...father, running to their aid With pious haste, but vain, they next invade ; Twice round his waist their winding volumes roll'd ; And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest thus doubly chok'd — their crests divide, And tow'ring o'er his head in triumph ride. With both his hands he... | |
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