| John Dryden - 1713 - 614 pages
...little Man was fully form'd, The breathlefs Embrio with a Spirit warm'd; But when the Mother's Throws begin to come, The Creature, pent within the narrow Room, Breaks his blind Prifon, pufhing to repair His ftiffled Breath, and draw the living Air ; Caft on the Margin of the... | |
| Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 pages
...little Man was folly form'd, The breathlefs F.mbrio with a Spirit warm'd : But when the Mother's Throws begin to come, The Creature pent within the narrow Room, Breaks his blind Prifon, pufhing to repair His ftifled Breath, and draw the living Air; Call on the Margin of the World... | |
| John Dryden - 1760 - 476 pages
...little man. was fully form'd, The breathlefs embrio with a fpirit warm'd ; But when the mother's throws begin to come, The creature, pent within the narrow room, Breaks his blind prifon, pufhing to repair Hisftifled breath, and draw the living air; Caft on the margin of the world... | |
| John Dryden - 1767 - 396 pages
...foft, coagulated mafs ; And when the little man was fully form'd The breathlefs embrio with a fpirit warm'd ; But when the mother's throes begin to come,...creature, pent within the narrow room, Breaks his blind prifon, pufhing to repair His ftifled breath, and draw the living air; Caft on the margin of the world... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 366 pages
...foft, coagulated mafs ; And when the little man was fully form'd, The breathlefs embryo with a fpirit warm'd ; But when the mother's throes begin to come,...creature, pent within the narrow room, Breaks his blind prifon, pu(hir.g to repair His ftifled breath, and draw the living air ; Caft on the margin of the... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 362 pages
...foft, coagulated mafs; And when the little man was fully form'd, The breathlefs embryo with a fpirit warm'd ; But when the mother's throes begin to come,...creature, pent within the narrow room. Breaks his blind prifon, puming to repair His ftifled breath, and draw the living air; Caft on the margin of the world... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - 842 pages
...foft, coagulated mafs ; And when the little man was fully form'd, The breathlefs embryo with a fpirit warm'd ; But when the mother's throes begin to come,...creature, pent within the narrow room, Breaks his blind prifon, pulhing to repair His ftifled breath, and draw the living air; Caft on the margin of the world... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 pages
...little man was fully form'd, The breathltfs embryo with a fpirit warm'd ; But when the mother's ihroes begin to come, The creature, pent within the narrow room. Breaks his blind prifon, pufhing to repair His ftifled breath, and draw the living air; Cart on the margin of the world... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 658 pages
...foft, coagulated mais ; And when the little man was felly form'd, 1'lie breathlefs embryo with a fpirit warm'd; • But when the mother's throes begin to come, The creature, pent within the narrow room, Freaks his blind prifon, pufhing to repair His ftiflcd breath, and draw the living air j Caft on the... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 490 pages
...coagulated mass ; And when the little man was fully formed, The breathless embryo with a spirit wanned ; But when the mother's throes begin to come, The creature,...instinct he cries. He next essays to walk, but, downward pressed, On four feet imitates his brother beast : By slow degrees he gathers from the ground His legs,... | |
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