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
| 1829 - 842 pages
...acknowledged him their greater. His was " a throne of royal state Which far ontshone the wealth of Ormus or of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold." His was a judgment to which God himself appealed, from which he received instruction,... | |
| Christianity - 1829 - 510 pages
...his imagination could collect, to shew the overwhelming splendour of the Satanic glory, he says — ' High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormuz, or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - Asia - 1829 - 586 pages
...rendered interesting by its history and associations, and immortalized by the verse of Milton : — ' High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of ORMUZ or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl... | |
| Jonathan Barber - Elocution - 1830 - 364 pages
...extension of syllabic quantity. 1. Grandeur and solemnity of Description. The following is an instance. " High on a throne of roy-al state, which far Out-shone the wealth of Or-mus and of Ind ; Or where the gw-geous east with richest hand Showert on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat." 2.... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - Asia - 1830 - 502 pages
...verse of Milton : — ' High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of ORMUZ or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.'* But not having had this pleasure, I content myself with subjoining a shor.t notice... | |
| Herodotus - 1830 - 412 pages
...we do. In the sense in which it is here used it occurs in the following classical lines of Milton : High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of'Ind, Or where the gorgeous east with richest hand Show'rs on her king barbaric pearl and gold,... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - Asia - 1830 - 500 pages
...rendered interesting by its history and associations, and immortalized by the verse of Milton : — ' High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of OHMUZ or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - Asia - 1830 - 496 pages
...rendered interesting by its history and associations, and immortalized by the verse of Milton : — ' High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of ORMUZ or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - Asia - 1830 - 500 pages
...interesting by its history and associations, and immortalized by the verse of Milton : — ' Higli on a throne of royal -state, which far Outshone the wealth of OaMuz or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl... | |
| John Milton - 1831 - 290 pages
...ihroueh, directed hy Chaos, the Power of that place, to the sizht of thia new world which he sought. HiGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone...wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous Bast with richest hand Showers on her kings harharic pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, hy merit raised... | |
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