 | John Milton - 1750 - 674 pagine
...Michael fight with a tixo-bendtd fword. The fame idea occafion'd his exprefling himfelf very obfcurely in the following lines of his Lycidas, But that two-handed...engin at the door Stands ready to fmite once, and finite no more. Thefe are th.e laft words of Peter predicting God's vengeance on his church by his... | |
 | John Upton - 1751 - 54 pagine
...grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace and nothing fed, . . • *, '. But that two-handed engine at the door . . Stands ready to. fmite once, and fmite no more. V. )2S". Nothing fed, as 'ris in my edition, and whilft I write, I have no other to confult, mould... | |
 | John Milton - 1759 - 608 pagine
...verfes in Lycidas. Befides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing faid ; But that two-handed engin at the door Stands ready to fmite once, and fmite no more. About this time, as we learn from one of his familiar epiftles, he had fome thoughts of taking chambers... | |
 | John Milton - 1763 - 670 pagine
...verfes in Lycidas. Befides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing faidj But that two-handed engin at the door Stands ready to fmite once, and fmite no more. About this time, as we learn from one of his familiar epiftles, he had fomc thoughts of taking chambers... | |
 | John Milton - 1924 - 240 pagine
...what the grim Woolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing fed, But that two-handed engine at the door, Stands ready to fmite once, and fmite no more. Return Alfheus^ the dread voice is paft, That fhrunk thy ftreams ; Return Sicilian Mufe, And call the... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - 1995 - 500 pagine
...Michael fight with a two-handed sword. The same idea occasion'd his expressing himself very obscurely in the following lines of his 'Lycidas', But that two-handed engin at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. These are the last words of Peter predicting God's vengeance on his... | |
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Lycidas : But that two-handed engin at the door Stands ready to fmite once, and fmite no more. *' Thefe are the laft words of Peter, predicting <£ God's vengeance on his Church by his miniltry. " The making him the minifter, is in imitation of ** the... 