 The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed ; This more delusive, not the touch, but taste Deceived ; they, fondly thinking to allay Their appetite with gust, instead of fruit Chew'd bitter ashes, which...  The British review and London critical journal - Sida 4651813Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1833 - 444 sidor
...up the trees Climbing, sat thicker than the snaky locks That curl'd Megaera : Greedily they pluck'd The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near that bituminous lake where Sodom placed ; This more delusive, not the touch but taste Deceives; they fondly thinking to allay Their... | |
 | Gilbert Thomas Burnett - 1835 - 1050 sidor
...eat the apples growing on trees resembling the forbidden tree of knowledge : Greedily they pluck'd The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near...with gust, instead of fruit Chewed bitter ashes." (4529.) S. Dulcamara, the bitter-sweet or felon-wood, is a deleterious plant, both fruit, leaves, and... | |
 | Gilbert Thomas Burnett - 1835 - 692 sidor
...apples growing on trees resembling the forbidden tree of knowledge : Greedily they plnck'd The frnitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near that bituminous...with gust, instead of fruit Chewed bitter ashes." (4529.) S. Dulcamara, the bitter-sweet or felon-wood, is a deleterious plant, both fruit, leaves, and... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 514 sidor
...up the trees Climbing, sat thicker than the snaky locks That curl'd Megœra. Greedily they pluck'd The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near...allay Their appetite with gust, instead of "fruit Chew'd bitter ashes, which the offended taste With spattering noise rejected : oft they assay'd, Hunger... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 526 sidor
...up the trees Climbing, sat thicker than the snaky locks That curl'd Megacra. Greedily they pluck'd The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near...to allay Their appetite with gust, instead of fruit Chew'd bitter ashes, which the offended taste With spattering noise rejected : oft they assay'd, Hunger... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 510 sidor
...up the trees Climbing, sat thicker thà'n the snaky locks That curl'd Megsera. Greedily they pluck'd The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near...to allay Their appetite with gust, instead of fruit Chew'd bitter ashes, which the offended taste With spattering noise rejected : oft they assay'd, Hunger... | |
 | 1838 - 586 sidor
...up the trees Climbing, sat thicker than the snaky locks That curl'd Megaera : greedily they pluck'd The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flam' d ; This more delusive, not the touch, but taste Deceiv'd ; they, fondly thinking to allay Their... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 864 sidor
...peace were offered tn him. ;„. For to reduce her by main force I» now in vain ; by fair means, worse Greedily they pluck The fruitage fair to sight, like...lake where Sodom flamed. This more delusive, not the tuuch, but taste Deceived. ilillm. His doom is /air. That dust I am, and shall to dust return. Id.... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - 1839 - 570 sidor
...brought out in the following extract from his sublime poem of Paradise Lost:— Greedily they pluckt The fruitage, fair to sight, like that which grew Near that bituminous lake, where Sodom flam'd : This more delusive, not the touch but taste Deceiv'd ; they, fondly thinking to allay Their... | |
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