 | 1738 - 310 pagina’s
...Fire. ' He called fo loud, that all the hollow deep . Of Hell refounded. BUT there is no fingle Paffage in the whole Poem worked up to a greater Sublimity, than that wherein his Perfon is defcribed in thofe celebrated Lines : _ . He, above the reft Jn Jhape and gefture proudly... | |
 | 1729 - 314 pagina’s
...Fire. lie cali'd fa loud, that all the hollow dtef Of Hell refounded . BUT there is no fingle Paflage in the whole Poem •worked up to a greater Sublimity, than that wherein hi* I'cribn is defcribed in thofe celebrated Lines : • He, above the reft In Jhafe and geflure proudly... | |
 | 1744 - 332 pagina’s
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 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pagina’s
...one of Milton, wherein he gives the portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject : — He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and... | |
 | William Dodd, Joseph Addison - 1762 - 264 pagina’s
...Fire. He call'dfo loud, that all the hollo'W deep Of Hell refounded But there is no fingle Paflage in the whole Poem worked up to a greater Sublimity, than that wherein his Perfbn is defcribed in thofe celebrated Lines. - He, ahove the reft In Shape and Gefture proudly eminent,... | |
 | George Keate - 1790 - 388 pagina’s
...a sublime poem. This feature may be observed in the sublime -description of Satan by Milton, — " He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All its original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than areh-angel ruin'd,... | |
 | Longinus - 1800 - 238 pagina’s
...eclipse, by which our ideas are wonderfully raised to a conception of what it was in all its glory. he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tow'r : his form not yet had lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than arch-angel ruin'd,... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1802 - 404 pagina’s
...a thousand feet high. As a distinction, we gave it the name of Tower-berg, because this mountain, " above the rest, " In shape and gesture proudly eminent, " Stood like a tower." About two o'clock in the morning we joined the scouting party at the base of this mountain. They and... | |
 | 1803 - 372 pagina’s
...that lay plunged and stupified in the sea of fire. He callM so loud, that all the hollow deep Of hell resounded• But there is no single passage in the...the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent. Stood lske a tower, &c. His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pagina’s
...with to support uneasy steps Over the burning mail He call'd so loud, that all the hollow deep Of hell resounded But there is no single passage in the whole...In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tow'r, &c. His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created being... | |
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Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured... 
