 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 shook a dreadful dart.  The rhetorical speaker and poetical class book - Page 22by R T. Linnington - 1833 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1754 - 342 pages
...call'd 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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...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; black he stood as night; Fierce as ten furies; terrible... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...dance With Lapland witches, while the lab'ring moon Eclipses at their charms. The other shape, 666 If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable...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... | |
 | Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...flow'd*. He has not 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...dance With Lapland witches, while the lab'ring moon 665 Eclipses at their charms. The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable...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... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1811 - 702 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...furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. But if Death has in the main been abused,... | |
 | 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 as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. In the employment of Sin, pointing and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1806 - 520 pages
...he has finished the portrait of the king of terrours : The other shape, If shape it might be call'J that shape had none Distinguishable, in member, joint,...; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd ; Far each seem'd either ; black he stood as night ; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell ,• And... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 526 pages
...bark'd and howl'd Within, unseen." " The other shape, Jf shape it might be call'd that shape had none, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For...furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on." These figures are strongly marked, and... | |
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