...for its grandeur of conception, and imitative poetical harmony, nothing is finer in our language. - On a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus Before their...

...he had spent a year, and from whence he was lately returned. He was just got to the catacombs, When on a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, the mahogany folding doors, and in at once, struggling who should be first, rushed half a dozen children,...

...towards the gate rolling her bestial train, Forthwith the huge portcullis high up drew ************ on a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus — she opened,...

...rolling her bestial train, Forthwith the huge portcullis high up drew • ••*•*••*•»• on a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus — she opened,...

...The description of the gates is very poetical, as the opening of them is full of Milton's spirit : -On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus. She open'd,...

...correspond to the ideas they suggest, no attempt should be made to rectify the metrical accentuation. On a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil, and jarring sound, The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder ! RULE III — The vowels e and o when omitted by apostrophe,...

...bk. vii. v. 209, the first describing the opening of the gates of hell as grating harsh thunder; " On a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder," the harshness of which exhibits a beautiful contrast...

...turns The intricate wards, and every bolt and bar Of massy iron, or solid rock, with ease Unfastens. On a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus. She opcn'd,...

...huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground." " On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil, and jarring sound, The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder." " They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow...

...turns The intricate wards, and every bolt and bar Of massy iron or solid rock with ease Unfastens. On a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus. She open'd,...