| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 798 páginas
...the sails : Venus, in her shell before him, From the sands in safety bore him. Dryden's Albion. Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly. Dryden. Whatever we fetch from underground is only what is lodged in... | |
| 1830 - 308 páginas
...listening brethren stood around, And wondering on their faces fell To worship that celestial sound. Less than a God they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell That spoke so sweetly and so well ! What passion cannot music raise and quell ! DKYDEN, 1st Music... | |
| 1831 - 626 páginas
...— VOL. i. ко. п. 2 в And, wondering, on their faces fell To worship that celestial sound ; Less than a God they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow ofthat shell, That epoke so sweetly and so well. — DRYDEN. To return to the general subject — The... | |
| James Montgomery - 1833 - 348 páginas
...brethren stood around, And, wondering, on their faces fell, To worship that celestial sound ; Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well." DRYDEN. To return to the general subject : the hemistichs... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - 1834 - 304 páginas
...analyse every composition, as if he wished to break its spell. He never exclaimed with Dryden, " Less than a God they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell That sung so sweetly and so well." Then what were the merits to counterbalance these blemishes... | |
| John Warren - 1834 - 262 páginas
...the first lyre being said to have been made by straining strings over the shell of a Tortoise : Less than a God they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that ehell, That spoke so sweetly. Dryden. The Hermes or Mercury of the Egyptians surnamed Trismagistus,... | |
| James Montgomery - 1838 - 332 páginas
...brethren stood around, And, wondering, on their faces fell, To worship that celestial sound ; Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well" DRYDEJJ. To return to the general subject : the hemistich*... | |
| Hobart Caunter - 1839 - 590 páginas
...listening brethren stood around And, wondering, on their faces fell To worship that celestial sound. Less than a God they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell That spoke so sweetly and so well:— What passion cannot music raise and quell! As music, which... | |
| 536 páginas
...brethren stood around. * Arid, wond'ring, on their faces fell, To worship that celestial sound. Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow ofthat shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well. What passion cannot MUSIC raise f nd quell ? The TRUMPET'S... | |
| 1840 - 870 páginas
...listening brethren stood around, And, wondering, on their faces fell To worship that celestial sound. Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well, What passion cannot M iisic raise and quell !" The instant... | |
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