 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...tend." So spake the enemy of mankind enclos'd 495 In serpent, inmate bad ! and toward Eve Address'd his way ; not with indented wave, Prone on the ground,...but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds, that tower'd Fold above fold, a surging maze ; his head 500 , Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...I tend." So spake the enemy of mankind, inclos'd In serpent, inmate bad ! and toward Eve Address'd kin tower*d Fold above fold, a surging maze ! his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With burnish'd... | |
 | 1842 - 514 pages
...its power of fascinating by the eye ; as thus, in the ninth book of the Paradise Lost, 1. 494 : — " So spake the enemy of mankind, enclosed In serpent...wave Prone on the ground, as since, but on his rear. His head crested aloft — and carbuncle his eyes. With burnished neck of verdant gold, erect, Amid... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...I tend." So spake the enemy of mankind, inclos'd In serpent, inmate bad ! and toward Eve Address'd flaming day ; Feeds every creature ; hurls the tempests...And, as on Earth this grateful change revolves, With tower'd Fold above fold, a surging maze ! his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With bumish'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...stronger hate, Hate stronger, under show of love well feign'd, The way which to her ruin now I tend." So spake the enemy of mankind enclosed In serpent, inmate bad, and toward Eve Address'd his way : not with indented wave, Prone on the ground, as since ; but on his rear, Circular... | |
 | 1844 - 440 pages
...interesting to place the magnificent description so well known to every reader of ' Paradise Lost.' " So spake the enemy of mankind, enclosed In serpent,...but on his rear Circular base of rising folds, that tower'd Fold above fold, a surging maze ! his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes, With burnished... | |
 | 1844 - 444 pages
...interesting to place the magnificent description so well known to every reader of ' Paradise Lost.' " So spake the enemy of mankind, enclosed In serpent,...but on his rear Circular base of rising folds, that tower'd Fold above fold, a surging maze ! his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes, With burnished... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 564 pages
...Milton : "So spake the enemy' of mankind, inclos'd In serpent, inmate bad, and toward Eve Address'd his way, not with indented wave, Prone on the ground,...but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds, that tower'd Fold above fold a surging maze, hie head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With burnish'd... | |
 | 1864 - 940 pages
...destinctive form, he is described, in lines of unmatched beauty, " addressing his way toward Eve " : , " Not with indented wave, Prone on the ground, as since ; but on his rear, Circular base nt' rising folds, that towcr'd Fold above fold, a surging maze ; his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle... | |
 | 1850 - 602 pages
...Pythons, for the variety and lustre of their colors bear out that noble description of Milton, — "On his rear Circular base of rising folds that towered, Fold above fold, a surging maze ! his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes, With burnished neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst... | |
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So spake the enemy of mankind enclosed In serpent, inmate bad ! and toward Eve Addressed his way, not with indented wave, Prone on the ground, as since, but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds that towered Fold above fold, a surging maze... 
