...the foundation of one of the fairest of ' the sea girt isles, That, like to rich and various cerne, inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep ' ; the coral...polyps now yielding place to the flowers and groves c the land, which fulfil their end in promoting the comfort and happiness of man." — pp. 83, 84....

...the Cyclades, but would, with equal propriety, be applied to any Islands. Thus Milton (Comus 39-24): The sea-girt isles That, like to rich and various gems, inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep. So Shakspere, speaking of England, says : This precious stone set in the silver sea." HOWELL. ODH XV.—This...

...Cyclades, but would, with equal propriety, be applied to any Islands. Thus Milton (Comus 39—24) : The sea-girt isles That, like to rich and various gems, inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep. So Shakspere, speaking of England, says : This precious stone set in the silver sea." Ho WELL. Ona...

...approve of the apposition in The nodding horrour of whom shady hrowa, T. 47. Before which I find Bea-Rirt isles That, like to rich and various gems inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep. How can a bosom be unadorned which already is inlaid with gems 1 Sauthey. You will object no less strongly...

...accumulations, a solid rocky basement is formed, and kept in constant increase. In this way the coral reef gradually nears the surface, and finally becomes the...like to rich and various gems, inlay The unadorned bosorn of the deep;" the coral polyps now yield place to the flowers and groves of the land, which...

...salt flood and each ebbing stream, Took in by lot 'twixt high and nether Jove Imperial rule of all the sea-girt isles, That, like to rich and various gems, inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep : Which he, to grace his tributary gods, 80 15. But for such.] The adverbial phrase for such, and the...

...And, " How hard the task ! how rare the godlike rage." Tickell. Prol. (Steele. Misc. p. 70.) V. 53. " That like to rich and various gems inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep." Comus, ver. 22. And see Young. " Ocean," st. xxiv. " There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowells...

...in the Paradise Lost as in Comus, where he follows more the manner of Shakspeare ; for example — The sea-girt isles That, like to rich and various gems, inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep. — Comus. * Cyri'sfmmt. The fountain of Cyre at Gyrene was sacred to Apollo, whose Carneian ceremonies...

...salt flood, and each ebbing stream, Took in by lot 'twixt high and nether Jove 20 Imperial rule of all : Which he, to grace his tributary gods, By course commits to several government, And gives them leave...

...in the Paradise Lost as in Comus, where he follows more the manner of Shakspeare ; for example — The sea-girt isles That, like to rich and various gems, inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep. — Comus. * Cyre's fount. The fountain of Cyre at Cyrend was sacred to Apollo, whose Carneian ceremonies...