 HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...  Life and Times of John Milton - Page 299by William Carlos Martyn - 1866 - 307 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 394 pages
...description of the richness of Satan's throne, in the beginning of the second book of Paradise Lost : High on a throne of royal state which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of Inde, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Show'rs on her kings barbarick pearl and gold,... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...with red hot plates of Iron, and at last pat to the infamous death of the cross, a Roman citizen ? High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of Inde, -Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 374 pages
...z. High on a gorgeous ieat,] Parody of Milton, book ii. " High on a throne of royal state, that fur Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Show'rs on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sate." WARBURTUN. VER.2. Henlry'i gilt... | |
 | Herodotus - Greece - 1812 - 562 pages
...we do. In the sense in which it is here used, it occurs in the following classical lines of Mil ton: High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of I nd, Or where the gorgeous east with richest hand Show'rs on her king barbaric pearl and gold,... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...power of that ]'lace, to the tight of this new world which lie sang? it. PARADISE LOST. * BOOK II. HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone...Ind, Or where the gorgeous east with richest hand Show'rs on her kings barbaric pt»arl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit raia'd S To that bad eminence:... | |
 | Firdawsī - English poetry - 1814 - 316 pages
...VERSE 686. Showers golden presents from Ms kands.^ Milton alludes to the custom in Paradise Lost : Where the gorgeous east with richest hand Showers on her Kings barbaric pearl and gold. la the note on this passage ty- Warburton, it is. said to bare Voluptuous damsels trill... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...its use, it even adds greatly to that variety with which the ear is so much delighted.* EXAMPLES. 1. High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of Inde ; Or where the gorgeous East, with riches hand, Show'rs, on her kings barbaric, pearl' and... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 490 pages
...with red hot plates of Iron, and at last, put to the infamous death of the cross, a Roman citizen ! High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of hide, Or where the gorgeous liast with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold,... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...red hot plates of Iron, and at last, put to the infamous death of the cross, a Roman citizen ! Hi^h on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of Inde, Or where the gorgeous liast with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...through, directed by Chaos, the power of tliat place, to the sight of this new world which he sought. say'd, To heave, pull, draw, or break, he still perfo'rm'd...daring to appear antagonist. At length for intermissio pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit rais'd To mat bad eminence : and, from despair Thus high... | |
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