 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...sea of fire. He call'd so load that all the hollow deep Of bell resounded.— But there is no single passage in the whole poem worked up to a greater sublimity,...described in those celebrated lines, He above the rot In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a tow'r, &c. Addison. 226. — incumbent on the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...By Fontarabia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal proweas, yet observ'd Their dread commander: ; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear' d Less than Arch-angel ruin'd,... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...; My joys, my griefs, my passions, and my powers, Made me a stranger. Byron's Manfred, a. 2, s. 2. He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a tow'r ; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than arch-angel ruin'd.... | |
 | Christianity - 1826 - 696 pages
...she sair her champion fall Like the old ruins of a broken tower, Staid not to wail." FQI ii. 90. " He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tomer." PLI 580, &c. In another passage where, in spite of one vulgar word, by a daring hyperbole,... | |
 | 1827 - 402 pages
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 | 1830 - 470 pages
...of an ordinary genius ? Take one more from the English Homer — his sublime description of Satan. " He, above the rest, in shape and gesture proudly eminent, stood like a tower : bia form had not yet lost all her original brightness, nor appenred less than archangel ruined ;... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1831 - 284 pages
...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of his infernal hosts. -He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood, like a tower ; his form had not yet lost What is said of blank verse ? — What proof is afforded of this? — What... | |
 | Scotland - 1831 - 1040 pages
...TICKLER. " Oh no ! we never mention him." NORTH. Name — Name. ...• . . , TICKLER, s 4 ' , • — He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. . . . NORTH. Thank ye — Well, I don't doubt Talleyrand among the Whigs has been almost as much at... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...Fontarabbia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost Tous n'attendent qu'un signe ; et le roi des enfers, D'un coup d'œil plus... | |
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Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured... 
