Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or, from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs ; darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th... Southern Quarterly Review - Pagina 452geredigeerd door - 1844Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Hugh Blair - 1818 - 300 pagina’s
...following noted description of satan, after his fall, appearing at the bead of his infernal hosts. -He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood, like a tower ; his form had not yet lost AH her original brightness, nor appear'd Less, than Archangel ruiu'd,... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 434 pagina’s
...Milton, V. J, . .1 Thus far these, beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread commander. He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...form had yet not lost All her original brightness, norappear'd Less than archangel rtiin'd and th' excess Of glory obscur'd ; as when the sun new-risen... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 458 pagina’s
...globe. Milton, D. iThus far these, beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread commander. He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...tow'r; his form had yet not lost All her original brighmess, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd and th' excess Of glory obscur'd; as when the sun... | |
| 1819 - 308 pagina’s
...up to a greater sublimity, than that wherein his person is described in those celebrated lines : ' He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower, &c. His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created being... | |
| 1829 - 632 pagina’s
...following description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of the infernal hosts : — " He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had not yet lost : All her original brightness, nor appeared r \ Less than archangel... | |
| 1819 - 532 pagina’s
...hero of the Iliad. He had a lion's heart without his magnanimity. But Milton has drawn him, ' Who, above the rest, in shape and gesture Proudly eminent, stood like a tower' — in colours so interesting, as to excite hatred, horror and admiration. When he assumes an... | |
| John Milton - 1820 - 342 pagina’s
...Fontarabbia. Thas tar these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tow'r, his form had not yet lost 590 All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than Archangel ruin'd, and th' excess... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pagina’s
...dread commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; liis ly the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the Sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn... | |
| John Bowdler - 1820 - 418 pagina’s
...Paradise Lost. 72 " Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observed Their dread commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower: his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined,... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1820 - 538 pagina’s
...the following noted description of Satan after his fall, appearing at the head of the infernal hosts: He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower: his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined;... | |
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