 Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd His thunder in mid volley ; for he meant Not to destroy, but root them out of heaven...  The Works of Hesiod, Callimachus, and Theognis - Page 35by Hesiod, Callimachus, Theognis, James Davies, Sir Charles Abraham Elton, Henry William Tytler, John Hookham Frere - 1856 - 495 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1831 - 290 pages
...them drain'd, Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, fallen. Yet half his strength he put not forth, hut check'd His thunder in mid volley ; for he meant Not to destroy, hut root them out of Heaven : The overtbrown he raised ; and, as a herd Of goats or timorous flocks... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...their strength, And of their wonted vigour left them drain'd, Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, fall'n. Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd His thunder in mid volley ; for he meant D'une armée en fureur le choc tumultueux, Les torrens en courroux précipitant leur onde, Cèdent... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1832 - 618 pages
...the more temperately as the more master of himself, and, in the very whirlwind of his passion, — Half his strength he put not forth, but check'd His thunder in mid volley. But another measure was lawful and appropriate in the description of a conflict where Gods and Titans... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1832 - 614 pages
...the more temperately as the more master of himself, and, in the very whirlwind of his passion, — Half his strength he put not forth, but check'd His thunder in mid volley. But another measure was lawful and appropriate in the description of a conflict where Gods and Titans... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...strength, 850 And of their wonted vigour left them drain'd, Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, full'u. Yet half his strength he put not forth , but check'd...thunder in mid volley; for he meant Not to destroy, hut root them out of heaven! 855 The overthrown he rais'd, and as a herd Of goats or timorous flock... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 514 pages
...their strength, And of their wonted vigour left them drain'd, Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, fallen. Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd...meant Not to destroy, but root them out of heaven : The overthrown he raised ; and as a herd Of goats or timorous flock together throng'd, Drove them... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1836 - 348 pages
...strength, And of their wonted vigor left them drain'd, 851 Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, fallen. Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd His thunder in raid volley; for he meant Not to destroy, but root them out of Heaven: 855 The overthrown he raised;... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 526 pages
...their strength, And of their wonted vigour left them drain'd, Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, fallen. Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd...meant Not to destroy, but root them out of heaven .The overthrown he raised ; and as a herd Of goats or timorous flock together throng'd, Drove them... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 512 pages
...their strength, And of their wonted vigour left them drain'd, Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, fallen. Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd...meant Not to destroy, but root them out of heaven : The overthrown he raised ; and as a herd Of goats or timorous flock together throng'd, Drove them... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 478 pages
...him beyond what he himself is able to describe: Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check 'd His thunder in mid volley; for he meant Not to destroy, but root them out of heaven. In a word, Milton's genius, which was so great in itself, and so strengthened by all the helps of learning,... | |
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