 The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell,...  The Port Folio - Page 4901811Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...expressive uncertainty of strokes and colouring, he has finished the portrait of the king of terrors : — The other shape, If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable, in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed ; For each seemed either ;... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as Night, 670 Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd hii head The likeness... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 1806 - 550 pages
...from the ashes of the French Revolution, shadowy, unde. inablf, and terrific. " • The other, shaj-e, If shape it might be called, that shape had none, Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb : Or substance might be calkd, that shadow seemed Ï For each seemed either... | |
 | Manual - Essays - 1809 - 324 pages
...expressive uncertainty of strokes and colouring, he has finished the portrait of the king of terrors. The other shape, If shape (it might be called that shape had none) Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd; For each seem'd either; black... | |
 | 1811 - 550 pages
...unknown. " The other shape, If shape it might be called, that shap« had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance, might be called that shadow seem'd, For each scem'd either; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furie* terrible as Hell, AND 8UOOK A DREADFUL... | |
 | Basil Richard Barrett - Aesthetics - 1812 - 188 pages
...Lost* E Th,e poet is giving a description of Deatb^ with all its trgr^ixdpus appendages : * , , . " The other shape, " If shape it might be called, that shape had none " Distinguishable iq member, joint, or limb; " Or substance might be called, which shadow sepna'4 ! " For each seem'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...catl'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd ; For each seem'd either; black it stood as night, 679 Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness... | |
 | England - 1853 - 796 pages
...realise a resemblance between its own austere tribunal and the sublime but dismal allegory of Death— a shape, " If shape it might be called, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called, that shadow seemed, For each seemed either ;... | |
 | Queen Caroline (consort of George IV, King of Great Britain), John Adolphus - 1820 - 902 pages
...proceedin^. I know not but it may vanish, into thiu air. 1 know not under what shape it exists ; •• If shape it might be called, that shape had none, "Distinguishable in member, joint, ОГ Illllli. '• Or substance might be called that shadow seemei! ; " For each seemed... | |
 | English literature - 1820 - 240 pages
...suddenly suspended; deep guilt half revealed ; the untold secrets of a prison-house ; the terrific shape, " if shape it might be called, that shape had none distinguishable;" —all these affect the mind more powerfully than any regular or distinct images of danger or of woe.... | |
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