 | John Milton - 1829 - 426 pages
...grand thief into God's fold ; So since into his church lewd hirelings climh. 'i hence up he flew, and on the tree of life, (The middle tree, and highest there that grew) Sat like a cormorant; yet not true life Therehy regained, hut sat devising death To them who liv'd^ nor ott the virtue thought... | |
 | Zoology - 1829 - 494 pages
...for chasing the fleet inhabitants of the air. We are told that the custom is still in full practice in China. This bird, although of the aquatic kind, is often seen, like the pelecan, perched upon trees. Milton tells us that Satan -on the tree of life, The middle tree, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...grand thief into GOD'S fold ; So since into his church lewd hirelings climb. Thence up he flew, and on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, 195 Sat like a cormorant ; yet not true life Thereby regain'd, but sat devising death To them who liv'd... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...fold ; So since into his church lewd hirelings climb. Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life, 1 The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant; yet not true life Thereby regain'd, but sat devising death To them who liv'd; nor on the virtue thought... | |
 | Theology - 1834 - 764 pages
...; but the position chosen brings to my mind the situation of one, who, on another eminence, " Even on the tree of life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant ; yet not true life Thereby regained, hut sat deviling death To those that lirtil." I write in sorrow... | |
 | William Gilpin - Forests and forestry - 1834 - 394 pages
...personate the cormorant, whilst he surveys, undelighted, the beauties of Paradise : Thence up he flew, and on the Tree of Life, The middle tree, and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant. It ought, however, to be observed, that this bird, like other animals, led only by the cravings of... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...grand thief into God's fold ; So since into his church lewd hirelings climh. Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, 195 lou. 1326. f/Kovaas ffis ju' Itcrewtv f/Se uyxavcus ; would have killed me- In the former line... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...grand thief into God's fold ; So since into his church lewd hirelings climb. Thence up he flew ; and on the Tree of Life, • The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant ; yet not true life Thereby regain'd, but sat devising death To them who lived ; nor on the virtue... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Animals - 1837 - 344 pages
...falcons and hawks were for chasing the fleet inhabitants of the air. The custom is still in full practice in China. This bird, although of the aquatic kind,...often seen, like the pelican, perched upon trees. GULLS. THERE are several kinds of Gulls, of which the largest is the Black and White Gull. Its wings... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 524 pages
...grand thief into God's fold ; So since into his church lewd hirelings climb. Thence up he flew ; and on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant ; yet not true life Thereby regained, but sat devising death To them who lived ; nor on the virtue... | |
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Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant... 
