...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of the infernal hosts: He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower: his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined ; and the excess...

...hair is the consequence of his nod, and makes a happy picturesque circumstance ia the description. -He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of...

...worked up to a greater sublimity, than that wherein his person is described in those celebrated lines: —He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower, &c. i. 589. His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created being...

...worked up to a greater sublimity, than that wherein his person is described in those celebrated lines: _ —He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower, &c. i. 589. His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created being...

...But there is no single passage in the whole poem his person is described in those celebrated lines: He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower, &c. His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created being of the...

...By 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,...had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd, and the' excess Of glory' obscur'd : as when the sun, new risen,...

...; 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....

...Fontarabbia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet obscrv'd Their dread commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less Uian arch-angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the Sun, new risen,...

...celebrated one of Milton, wherein he gives the portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject : He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent...had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new ris'n Looks...

...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the hebci qf the infernal hosts : In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form bad not yet losi All her original brightness, nor appcar'd Less than archangel ruin'd ; and the cxce»s...