...languished, that neither trees nor animals had the height or bulk of their predecessors.' JOHNSON. His pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast. MILTON. Hollow bodies commonly have a bulk; none but solid bodies can be massive. A vessel is bulky...

...hand the flames, Driven backward, slope their pointing spires, and roll'd In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight 225 Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights, if it...

...upon; imposed 33 a duty ; obligatory. Incumbent, the present possessor of an ecclesiastical benefice. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft,...incumbent on the dusky air. That felt unusual weight. Milton'*' Paradite Lott. The ascending parcels of air, having now little more than the weight of the...

...stature: on each hand- the flumes, Driven hackward, slope their pointing spires, and roll'd In hillow*, leave i' th' midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumhent on the dusky air, That felt unusual' weight ; till on dry land. He lights, if.it were land...

...scarce had ceased, when the superior Fiend Was moving towards the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Etherial temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders, lik the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole,...

...Boom'« Natural Hittory. He scarce had cowed, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his pondrous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast. Milton. All these with eeatelett praise his works behold, Both day and night Id. There the wicked eeate...

...•••..)" . ' • • (••) He soiree had ceas'd, when the superior fiend Was-moving tow'rd the shore ; his pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large,...the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like trie moon. 1 — or! the beach Of that inflamed sea he stood, j| and call'd His legions, ang.el. forms...

...) He scarce had ceas'd, when the superior fiend •' . . Was moving tow'rd the shore; his pond'roua shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung tin his shoulders like the m6on. ' . on the beach Of that inflamed sea he stood, || and call'd His...

...each hand the flames, Driven hackward, slope their pointing spires, androll'd In hillows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumhent on the dnsky air, That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights, if it were land...

...hand the names, Driven backward, slope their pointing spires, and roll '4 In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight 225 Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights, if it...