 | John Milton - 1750 - 674 pagina’s
...At leaft I can think of no fenfe fo proper to be given to the following 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1759 - 608 pagina’s
...At leaft 1 can think of no fenfe fo proper to be given to the following 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1759 - 420 pagina’s
...But fwoln with wind, and the rank mift they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion fpread : Befides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing faid, But that two-handed engin at the door 130 Stands ready to fmite once, and fmite no more. Return... | |
 | John Milton - 1759 - 414 pagina’s
...But fwoln with wind, and the rank mift they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion fpread : Befides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing faid, But that two-handed engin at the door 130 Stands ready to fmite once, and fmite no more. Return... | |
 | William Harris - 1762 - 544 pagina’s
...But fwoln with wind, and the rank mift they draw. Rot inwardly, and foul contagion fpread ; Befides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing faid. MiLTON. This is not meerly a poetical exaggeration. Soon after thefe lines were written, a polite... | |
 | John Milton - 1765 - 412 pagina’s
...fuoll'n with wind, and the rank mift they draw, R.ot inwardly, and foul, contagion fpread : Befidcs what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing faid, l!i!t that two-handed tngin at the door 130 Stands ready to fmitc once, and finite no more. Return... | |
 | Phineas Fletcher - 1771 - 182 pagina’s
...thin, thin plank keeps in thy vital breath: Death ready waits. Fond boyes, to play with death J Betides what the grim wolf, with privy paw, Daily devours apace, and nothing faid, But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to finite once, and fruits no more. MILTON'S... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 334 pagina’s
...But fwoll'n with wind, and the rank mift they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion fpread i Befides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace; and nothing faid, But that two-handed engin at the door, 130 Stands ready to finite once, and finite no more. Return,... | |
 | 1781 - 512 pagina’s
...fwoll'n with wind, and the rank mift they draw, • Rot inwardly, and foul contagion fpread : • Befides what the grim wolf with privy paw • Daily devours apace, and nothing faid; • But that two-handed engine at the door ' Stands ready tofmite once, and fmite no more.' Return... | |
 | John Milton - 1785 - 698 pagina’s
...But fwoln with wind, and the rank mift they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion fpread: Betides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing fed : 128. BiJiJes what the grim wolf, &c.] It has been conjectured, that Milton in this paffage has... | |
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Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw, Daily devours apace, and nothing said, But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past,... 
