The other shape, If shape it might be 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, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And... Milton's Paradise Lost: With Copious Notes, Explanatory and Critical, Partly ... - Page 62by John Milton, James Prendeville - 1850 - 382 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...Or substance might be call'd that shadow seemM, For each seem'd either; black it stood as Night, 6;o Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook...fast With horrid strides, Hell trembled as he strode. Th' undaunted Fit;nd what this night he admir'd, Admir'd, not fear'd; God and his Son except, Created... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 608 pages
...shape, 666" If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For...as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, 671 And shook a dreadful dart. What seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was... | |
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1811 - 704 pages
...called, that shape had none Distinguishable in number, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black...seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. But if Death has in the main been abused, and suffered so much by the barbarity of our poets and painters,... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 394 pages
...stood as Night, 670 Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd hii head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan...from his seat The monster moving onward came as fast 675 With horrid strides, Hell trembled as he strode. Tb' undaunted Fiend what this might be admir'd,... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 422 pages
...same author, where he describes Satan's surprise at the sight and approach of the figure of Death. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster...With horrid strides ; hell trembled as he strode. Th' undaunted fiend what this might be admir'd; Admlr'd, not f£ar'd : God, and his son except, Created... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - Death - 1803 - 68 pages
...of Terrors, is a • just appropriation of our great bard's description of the same object : . • - black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible...seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. vii In the employment of Sin, pointing and envenoming the stings of Death, there is a beautiful personification... | |
 | 1803 - 412 pages
...are instances of that proud and daring mind which could not brook submission, even to Omnipotence ; ' Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster...fast With horrid strides ; hell trembled as he strode ; Th' undaunted fiend what this might be admir'd, Admir'd, not fear'd — --* The same boldness and... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...; are instances of that proud and daring mind which could not brook submission even to omnipotence. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster...fast With, horrid strides, hell trembled as he strode ; Tl1' undaunted fiend what this might be ad1nir'd, Admu-'sl, not fcar'J The same boldness and intrepidity... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 580 pages
...instances of that proud and daring mind which could not brook i • • submission even to omnipotence. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster...With horrid strides : Hell trembled as he strode. Th' undaunted fiend what this might be admir'd ; Admir'd, not fear'd . The same boldness and intrepidity... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...are instances of that proud and daring mind which could not brook submission, even to Omnipotence ! Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster...fast With horrid strides, hell trembled as he strode ; Th" undaunted fiend what this might be admir'd, Admir'd, not fear'd The same boldness and intrepidity... | |
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