 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
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pagina’s
...Their dread commander : he, aoove the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than archimgel ruin'd and the' exress Of glory obscur'u ; as when ihe sun, new risen, Looks through the... | |
 | 1830 - 470 pagina’s
...of an ordinary genius ? Take one more from the English Homer — his sublime description of Satan. " He, above the rest, in shape and gesture proudly eminent, stood like a tower : bia form had not yet lost all her original brightness, nor appenred less than archangel ruined... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 306 pagina’s
...dread Commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, 590 Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air 595... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1831 - 328 pagina’s
...in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. MILTON. — BOOK I. * > All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than...archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new-risen Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his tjeams ; or from behind... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1831 - 284 pagina’s
...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of his infernal hosts. -He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood, like a tower ; his form had not yet lost What is said of blank verse ? — What proof is afforded of this?... | |
 | 1831 - 1040 pagina’s
...TICKLER. " Oh no ! we never mention him." NORTH. Name — Name. ...• . . , TICKLER, s 4 ' , • — He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. . . . NORTH. Thank ye — Well, I don't doubt Talleyrand among the Whigs has been almost as... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 328 pagina’s
...credite, bello, Ceu turrim validam — See also II Purgatorio of Dante, v. 14. ' Sta come torre ferma :' All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than...Arch-angel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new-ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty air, 595 Shorn of his beams ; or from... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pagina’s
...Fontarabbia. Thus far 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 tower ; his form had yet not lost Tous n'attendent qu'un signe ; et le roi des enfers, D'un coup d'œil... | |
 | Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1832 - 378 pagina’s
...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of the infernal host : • 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 an archangel... | |
 | 1842 - 566 pagina’s
...upright young lady in the establishment, a very drill-sergeant in petticoats. But though Miss Fairfax' " above the rest in shape and gesture, proudly eminent, stood like a tower," it could not be concealed from the eye of the penetrating observer that her bust did not equal... | |
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