Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blaz'd; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood... The Spectator - Pagina 514geredigeerd door - 1853Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pagina’s
...nearest mate, Withx head uplift above the wave, and eye* That sparkling blaz'd ; his other parts besides, trepid bands, Safe in their horses' speed, outlly the storm, [prey, A ; in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size, Titanian, or Earth-born, that warr'd on... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1843 - 592 pagina’s
...dire calamity; \Vbat reinforcement we may gain from hope, If not , wind V&olntion from despair. » Thus Satan , talking to his nearest mate , With head uplift above the waves , and eyes That sparkling blaz'd; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood , extended long... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 92 pagina’s
...currents turn awry, And lose the name of action. SHAKSPEKE. EXTRACTS FROM PARADISE LOST. FALLEN ANGELS. THUS Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood;... | |
| 1827 - 516 pagina’s
...scrutiny of the reason, fill the imagination of the reader with a form which can hardly be effaced. Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate With head...wave, and eyes That sparkling blaz'd, his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood, * * * Par. Lost, bi... | |
| Virgil - 1845 - 140 pagina’s
...(I loathe to tell) With reared breast lift up above the seas. (»•) V. 206 — Pectora quorum Sfc. Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood,... | |
| William Ellery Channing - 1845 - 436 pagina’s
...scrutiny of the reason, fill the imagination of the reader with a form which can hardly be effaced. "Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood."... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pagina’s
...assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. SATAN MUSTERING THE REllEL ANGELS." THUS Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes 1 Heavenly Muse— The Holy Spirit is addressed both here and below, under different aspects ; here,... | |
| 1851 - 650 pagina’s
...the creation of its inhabitant was the crowning image. His eyes " blazed " fire ; his other parts, " prone " on " the flood, extended long and large, lay floating many a rood." Then he makes the monster demon to " rear " his huge stature "from off the pool," when on each hand... | |
| Marlborough coll - 1880 - 174 pagina’s
...this dire calamity ; What reinforcement we may gain from hope, If not, what resolution from despair.' Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the waves, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and... | |
| 1847 - 110 pagina’s
...pterodactyle. " With head uplift above the waves, and eyes That sparkling blazed, his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size, Titanian, or earth-born, that warred on... | |
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