 What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses.  An Essay Towards a Theory of Apparitions - Pagina idoor John Ferriar - 1813 - 139 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pagina’s
...thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And aery tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores,...wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound 210 The virtuous mind, that ever walks attended By a strong siding thampion, conscience. — 0 weleome... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 320 pagina’s
...of Melancholy — or ghostly shape, 208 which he supposes to be taken from the following in Comus, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names, is more probably taken from the commeucement of Pope's elegy on an unfortunate lady — What beck'ning... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 318 pagina’s
...of Melancholy — or ghostly shape, 208 which he supposes to be taken from the following iu Comus, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names, is more probably taken from the commencement of Pope's elegy on an unfortunate lady—- What beck'ning... | |
 | James Beattie, Thomas Gray - 1809 - 414 pagina’s
...thousand " fantasies" to throng into the memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And aery tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. Forests in every age must have had attractive horrors : otherwise so many nations would not have resorted... | |
 | James Beattie, Thomas Gray - 1809 - 408 pagina’s
...thousand " fantasies" -to throng into the memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And aery tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. Forests in every age must have had attractive horrors : otherwise so many nations would not have resorted... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 728 pagina’s
...Brothers. So again, the young Lady in the wood. • a thousand fantasies • Begin to throng into my memory* ' Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows...airy tongues that syllable men's names ' On sands, on shores, and desart wildernesses.' And again, Paradise Lost, book ix. line 6J(J, in his noble description... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 pagina’s
...Brothers. So again, the ytiun* Ladv in tl;wood. • a thousand fantasies ' Begin to throng into my memory^ ' Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows...airy tongues that syllable men's names ' On sands, on shores, and desart wildernesses.' And again, Paradise Lost, book ix. line 6'3t), in his noble description... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 624 pagina’s
...nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllabic mens' names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well,... | |
 | 1811 - 620 pagina’s
...nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng info my memory, Of calling shapes and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllabic mens' names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pagina’s
...Drummelziar, and chief of a powerful clan. To those spirits were also ascribed, in Scotland, the — " Airy tongues, that syllable men's names, . ' On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses." When the workmen were engaged in erecting the ancient church of Old Deer, in Aberdeenshire, upon a... | |
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