 As with the force of winds and waters pent, When mountains tremble, those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who...  The Works and Life of Walter Bagehot - Seite 178von Walter Bagehot - 1915Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1850 - 392 Seiten
...Oppression's temple, monarchy and aristocracy, With horrible convulsion to and fro They tugg'd, they shook — till down they came and drew The whole roof after them with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat heneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors, and priests,... | |
 | Joseph Berg Esenwein, Mary Eleanor Roberts - 1913 - 336 Seiten
...pent When mountains tremble, those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath. — MILTON, Samson Agonistes. 2. The Trochee,... | |
 | George Alexander Kohut - 1913 - 730 Seiten
...pent, When mountains tremble, those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors, or priests,... | |
 | Geoffrey Scott - 1914 - 292 Seiten
...painfully trouble our peace, when 1 Those two massie Pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came and drew The whole roof after them with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sate beneath.' Clearly, then, our discomfort in the presence... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1917 - 528 Seiten
...to his fury without diminishing his strength, and the very pillars of the Temple of Oppression — With horrible convulsion, to and fro, He tugg'd, he...they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder, Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors, and... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1917 - 528 Seiten
...to his fury without diminishing his strength, and the very pillars of the Temple of Oppression — With horrible convulsion, to and fro, He tugg'd, he...they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder, Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors, and... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1921 - 506 Seiten
...pent When mountains tremble, those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, — Lords, ladies, captains, counselors, or... | |
 | John Milton - 1925 - 442 Seiten
...obeying, Not without wonder or delight beheld. Now of my own accord such other trial I mean to shew you of my strength, yet greater ; As with amaze shall...they came and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sate beneath, Lords, Ladies, Captains, Counsellors, or Priests,... | |
 | Henry Arthur Treble, George Henry Vallins - 1927 - 244 Seiten
...pent, When mountains tremble, those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors, or priests,... | |
 | Frederic W. Robinson - 1928 - 96 Seiten
...pent, When mountains tremble, those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them. (e) Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep,... | |
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