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" Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompany'd ; 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... "
The Genius of Christianity, Or, The Spirit and Beauty of the Christian Religion - Page 239
by François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand, Charles Ignatius White - 1856 - 763 pages
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Last Edition. The Author John Milton

John Milton - 1754 - 342 pages
...horrfwift, had rhither rowl'd Diurnal ; or this left volubil earth , By shorter flight to th' eaft , had left him there , Arraying with reflected purple , and gold , The clouds that on his weftern tSrone attend. Now came ftill evening on , and twilight grey tiad in her fober livery all things...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. According to ...

John Milton - 1767 - 376 pages
...Incredible how fwift, had thither rowl'd Diurnal, or this kfs volubil earth By (hotter ffight to th'eaft, had left .him there Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on lus wefttrn throne attend : Now came ftill ev'mngon, and twilight gray Had in her foher liverie ail...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from ...

John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...Incredible how swift, had thither roll'd Diurnal, or this less voluble earth, By shorter flight to ih' east, had left him there Arraying with reflected purple'...The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now ca.ue still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad; . Silence accompanied;...
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Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711

John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...Diurnal, or this less voluble earth, By shorter flight to th' feist, had left him there 595 Arraying witk reflected purple' and gold The clouds that on his...throne attend. Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, 600 They to...
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A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden ...

Sir John Carr - 1805 - 314 pages
...dashing of the oar, and the carol of the distant boatmen ; in the language of the divine Milton : " Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad : Q Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were...
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A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden ...

Sir John Carr - 1806 - 342 pages
...oar, and the carol of the distant boatmen ; in the language of the divine Milton : " Now comfe stHl evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence accompanied ; for beasi and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk- — — . now glowed...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1

1810 - 482 pages
...Incredible how swift, had thither roll'd Diurnal, or this less voluble earth, By shorter flight to lii' east, had left him there Arraying with reflected purple...throne attend. Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Hiid in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their...
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Cowley, Denham, Milton

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...how swift, had thither roll'd Diurnal, or this less volubil Earth, By shorter flight to the east, bad left him there Arraying with reflected purple and...attend. Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray Had iu her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy...
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The Works of Richard Hurd, Lord Bishop of Worcester: Critical works

Richard Hurd - 1811 - 374 pages
...Milton has given a paraphrase of this passage, but very much below his original, Now came still ev'ning on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompany' d— • . . . ' i . The striking part of Tasso's picture, is, " Night's bringing in Silence...
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The Works of Richard Hurd, Lord Bishop of Worcester: Critical works

Richard Hurd - 1811 - 408 pages
...the English poet not only personixes, but employs in a very becoming office : Now came still ev'ning on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. Every body will observe a little blemish, in this fine couplet. He should not have used the epithet...
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