 | Edward Thomas Coke - 1833 - 542 Seiten
...in succession assumes an appearance which is entirely unknown in our English groves, presenting, " as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view." The hemlock is not a native of the Nova Scotian forests, and there is but little oak and cedar, which... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1834 - 370 Seiten
...overgrown, grotesque and wild, Access denied ; and, overhead, upgrew Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan...Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view. We have often felt the aptitude of this quotation as applied to Valombrosa ; from which place, indeed,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1834 - 360 Seiten
...metaphorical to the theatre. Thus Milton; " Cedar and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A Sylvan «cene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view." ^ I object to any extension of its meaning, because the word is already more equivocal than might be... | |
 | John Brewster - 1834 - 382 Seiten
...Jesus Christ our Lord 3." In this religious state of feeling, go to the — " sylvan scene ; where, as the ranks ascend, Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view ' :" — enjoy the prospect most grateful to the heart, breathing vernal delight and joy ; partake... | |
 | George William D. Evans - 1835 - 496 Seiten
...overgrown, grotesque and wild, Access denied; and overhead upgrew Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm ; A sylvan...Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view. On comparing these two passages, it would be difficult to say in what Pope's has the advantage, unless... | |
 | Joseph Forsyth - 1835 - 498 Seiten
...wild, Access denied ; and over-head up grew Insuperable height of loftiest shade, A sylvan scence : and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view. The intermediate approaches to the abbey are planted in the open parkish style, and finely contrast... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 Seiten
...overgrown, grotesque and wild, Access denied ; and overhead up grew Insuperable hight of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan...and, as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theaire Tandis qiril parlait de la sorte, chaque passiou obscurcissait son visage trois fois changé... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 524 Seiten
...overgrown, grotesque and wild, Access denied ; and overhead up grew Insuperable highlh of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan...Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view. Yet higher than their tops The verdurous wall of Paradise up sprung ; 'Which to our general sire gave... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 Seiten
...overgrown, grotesque and wild, Access denied ; and overhead up grew Insuperable hight of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan...the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Tandis qu'il parlait de la sorte, chaque passion obscurcissait son visage trois fois changé par la... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 426 Seiten
...overgrown, grotesque and wild, Access denied ; and overhead up grew Insuperable hight of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan...the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Tandis qu'il parlait de la sorte, chaque passion obscurcissait son visage trois fois changé par la... | |
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Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view. 
