 cither ; black it stood as Night, 670 Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell. And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster moving onward came as fast 075 With...  Paradise Lost: In Twelve Parts - Page 43by John Milton - 1851Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1754 - 342 pages
...that shadow feem'd , •Book II. PARADISE LOST. ?f For each feem'd either : ) black it ftocd as night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart: w-hat feem'd his head, The likenefs of a Kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his feat The... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...Or substance might be culi'c! that shadow seem'A Foreacli seem'd either; black it stood as Nijht, & Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd hi? he The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his ssat The monster... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, 671 And shook a dreadful dart. What seem'd his head The...his seat, The monster moving onward, came as fast 675 With horrid strides, Hell trembled as he strode. Th' undaunted Fiend what this might be admir'd,... | |
 | Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...represented his image terrible, but loathsome and nauseous. On Of Death he says, black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart. • But Milton's judiciousness in selecting such circumstances as tend to raise a just and natural... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1811 - 702 pages
...limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook...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 - 396 pages
...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 hit head » 2 The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - Death - 1803 - 68 pages
...appropriation of our great bard's description of the same object: . • - black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook...seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. In the employment of Sin, pointing and envenoming the stings of Death, there is a beautiful personification... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1806 - 520 pages
...either ; black he stood as night ; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell ,• And shook a deadly dart. What seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly cro-wn had on. In this description all is dark, uncertain, confused, terrible, and sublime to the last degree. SECT.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 526 pages
...none, 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 shook...seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on." These figures are strongly marked, and the resemblance of their diameters to their effects produced... | |
 | Manual - Essays - 1809 - 324 pages
...limb; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'dj For each seem'd either; black it stood as night; Fierce as ten furies; terrible as hell; And shook...seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. In this description all is dark, uncertain, confused, terrible, and sublime to tiie last degree. There... | |
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