 | Robert Southey - 1812 - 588 Seiten
...net It rather might be eall'd, so fine the twigs Which knit it, where, confined, two fire-flies gav» Their lustre. By that light did Madoc first Behold...; And through the entrance of the cavern gloom, He follow'd in full trust. New have they reach'd The abrupt descent ; there Coatel he'd forth Her living... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1812 - 292 Seiten
...net It rather might be call'd, so fine the twigs Which knit it, where, confined, two fire-flies gav« Their lustre. By that light did Madoc first Behold the features of his loTely guide ; And through the entrance of the carern gloom, He follow'd in full trust. Now hare they... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1818 - 552 Seiten
...furnishing the lamp by which Coatel rescued the British hero from the hands of the Mexican priests. ic She beckoned and descended, and drew out From underneath...Madoc first Behold the features of his lovely guide." Pletro Martire tells us that the Cucuij serve the na-1 tives of the Spanish \Vest India islands not... | |
 | 1819 - 808 Seiten
...insect, the lantern-fly (Fulgora laternaria) of Madam Merian. "* She beckoned, and descended, anddrewout From underneath her vest, a cage, or net It rather...first ' Behold the features of his lovely guide." The same insect is again alluded to in the following beautiful passage : " Sorrowing we beheld The... | |
 | 1819 - 782 Seiten
...descended, anddrewout From underneath her vest, a cage, or net It rather might be called, so fine tin- twigs. Which knit it, where, confined, two fire-flies...Madoc first Behold the features of his lovely guide." The same insect is again alluded to in the following beautiful passage : " Sorrowing we beheld The... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1823 - 556 Seiten
...beckon'd and descended, and drew out From underneath her vest a cage, or net It rather might be call'd, so fine the twigs Which knit it, where, confined,...Madoc first Behold the features of his lovely guide." Pietro Martire tells us that the Cucuij serve the natives of the Spanish West India islands not only... | |
 | 1826 - 408 Seiten
...or net It rather might be called, so fine the twigs Which knit it; where, confined, two fire flies gave Their lustre. By that light did Madoc first Behold the features of his lovely guide." PAPA.—He probably referred to the Elater Noctilucus, another species of beetle, which emits so strong... | |
 | 1826 - 400 Seiten
...or net It rather might be called, so fine the twigs Which knit it ; where, confined, two fire flies gave Their lustre. By that light did Madoc first Behold the features of his lovely guide." PAPA. — He probably referred to the Elater Noct;.ucus, another species of beetle, which emits so... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1829 - 806 Seiten
...might be called, so fine the twigs Which knit it, »here confined two lire-Hies gave Their lustre. *7 By that light did Madoc first Behold the features of his lovely guide ; Ani through the entrance of the cavern gloom, (le followed in full trust. Now have they reached The... | |
 | James Rennie, John Obadiah Westwood - 1835 - 332 Seiten
...and drew out From underneath her vest a cage, or net It rather might be called, so fine the twijrs Which knit it, where confined two fireflies gave Their...did Madoc first Behold the features of his lovely bride." It is related by Mouffet, that, on one occasion, this insect caused in the West Indies the... | |
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She beckon'd, and descended, and drew out From underneath her vest, a cage, or net It rather might be called, so fine the twigs Which knit it, where confined two fire-flies gave Their lustre. By that light did Madoc first Behold the features of his lovely... 
