 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
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1836 - 574 pages
...finished the portrait of the King of Terrors. * The other shape,— If shape it might be called, which 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... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...BOOK II. Eclipses at their charms. The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had noue Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance...stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as bell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had ou. Satan... | |
 | Bible - 1838 - 586 pages
...to dance With Lapland witches, while the labouring moon Eclipses at their charms. The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable...stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as II ell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1838 - 516 pages
...shape, Or substance might be call'd ih.it shadow seem'd Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; For each seem'd either; black it stood as night, Fierce...furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart. Paradise Lost, \ ook II. I. 666. And clamor such as heard in heaven till now ' Now storming fury rose,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Rare books - 1838 - 342 pages
...furies, terrible as hell, 35. Eclipses at their charms. 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, And shook a dreadful dart;... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1848 - 788 pages
...shape—a shadowy figure, the lineaments of whose form were tremendously awful m their indistinctness: (If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none...as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell," &c. " The other shape, (Paradise Lost, B. ii. 1. 666—671.) As I belong to the irritabile genus—a... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 532 pages
...of strokes and coloring, he has finished the portrait of the king of terrors: • The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable,...that shadow seem'd; For each seem'd either; black he stood as night; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell; And shook a deadly dart. What seem'd his... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 532 pages
...of strokes and coloring, he has finished the portrait of the king of terrors: • The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable,...that shadow seem'd; For each seem'd either; black he stood as night; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell; And shook a deadly dart. What seem'd his... | |
 | Eben Norton Horsford - Phrenology - 1839 - 414 pages
...scaly fold, Voluminous and vast. * * * * * * * 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:— A.gain in describing Satan, nothing can surpass... | |
 | Linda Marie-Gelsomina Zerilli - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 236 pages
...the following "description of Death" from Paradise Lost: 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... | |
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