 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...The Lady ALICE Nij The first SCENE discovers a wild wood. The attendent SPIRIT descends or enters. BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live inspher'd In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this... | |
 | John Bell - 1791 - 294 pages
...Naiads, Spirits, &c. COMUS. ACT I. The SCENE discovers a wild Wood. Thejirst Attendant Spirit enters. " BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court " My mansion is, where those immortal shapes " Of bright aerial spirits live inspher'd " In regions mild of calm and serene air, " Above the smoke and stir... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 498 pages
...Naiads, Sfirits, &c. COMUS. ACT I. The SCENE discovers a wild Wood. Thejirst Attendant Spirit enters. " BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court " My mansion is, where those immortal shapes " Of bright aerial spirits live inspher'd " In regions mild of calm and serene air, " Above the smoke and stir... | |
 | 1797 - 468 pages
...Naiads, Spirits, &c. COMU S. ACTL The SCENE discovers a itiild Wood. The first Attendant Spirit enters. " BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court " My mansion is, where those immortal shapes " Of bright aerial spirits live inspher'd " In regions mild of calm and serene air, " Above the smoke and stir... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - 148 pages
...EGERTON. COMU S. THE FIRST SCENE DISCOVERS A WILD WOOD. The Attendant Sfirit descends or enters. JJEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live inspher'd In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this... | |
 | 1802 - 572 pages
...of curiosity, and a lesson in learning language. The opening is reasonably close, and, by a little paraphrastic assistance, tolerably intelligible :...mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright ac'real spirits live inspher'd, In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke-and stir of... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 614 pages
...lines, which Miltoa erased from the opening speech. They originally followed the fourth line. Beyond the starry threshold of Jove's court My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air. ' Amidst th" Hesperian gardens,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 612 pages
...lines, which Milton erased from the opening speech. They originally followed the fourth line. Beyond the starry threshold of Jove's court My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphqred In regions mild of calm and serene air. 4 Amidst th' Hesperian gardens,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1803 - 450 pages
...of religious enthusiasm, but which in truth raised the minds of both to a kind of happy residence " In regions mild, of calm, and serene air, " Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot, " Which men call Earth" a peculiar character has been derived to the poetry of them both, which distinguishes... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 456 pages
...of religious enthusiasm, but which in truth raised the minds of both to a kind of happy residence " In regions mild, of calm, and serene air, " Above the smoke and stir of i/iis dim spot, " Which men call Earth" a peculiar character has been derived to the poetry of them... | |
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BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth... 
