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Zoography; Or, The Beauties of Nature Displayed. In Select Descriptions from ... - Page 485
by William Wood - 1807
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Paradise Lost : a Poem in Twelve Books

John Milton - 1831 - 316 pages
...twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence accompanied ; for beast, and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests,...nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was plens'd : now ijlow'd the firmament With living sapphires; Hesperus, iha', led 60S The...
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The elocutionist, a collection of pieces in prose and verse [by various ...

James Sheridan Knowles - 1831 - 686 pages
...in Paradise, Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird— They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk—all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleased....
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Milton's Poetical Works: Together with the Life of the Author

John Milton - 1832 - 1084 pages
...throne attend. Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their...nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung, Silence was pleas'd: now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led The starry...
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Oeuvres de Delille, Volume 5

Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...throne attend. Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied : for beast and bird, They to...nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires : Hesperus, that led The starry...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem

John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...throne attend. Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied : for beast and bird, They to...nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs : Hesperus, that led The starry...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books

John Milton - 1833 - 308 pages
...Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, 600 They to their grassy couch, these to their nests,...nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased: Now glow'd the firmament With Sving sapphires: Hesperus, that led 605 The starry...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, from the Best Writers

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1833 - 274 pages
...retiring to rest. NOW came still ev'ning on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. Silence accompanied; for beast "and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nestE^ -' Were sunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her am'rous descant sung...
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A Grammar of Elocution

Rev. Samuel Wood - 1833 - 224 pages
...rendered the governor more secure than he ought to have been, considering its importance. (Restrictive.) Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to then- nests, Were slunk; all but the wakeful nightingale. Milton. (Exceptive.) Let there be no noise...
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Notes, chiefly intended to point out the correspondence between the portions ...

Notes - 1834 - 264 pages
...Meditation. Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their...nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased: now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led The starry...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1834 - 526 pages
...twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompany'd; for beast and bird, eoo They to their grassy couch, these to their nests,...nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd: now glow'd the firmament With living saphirs ; Hesperus that led eos The starry...
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