 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.  Paradise Lost - Page xxxby John Milton - 1896 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - English language - 1838 - 372 pages
...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of the infernal host: • 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 Of... | |
 | Alfred Augustus Fry - 1838 - 68 pages
...remarks, let me ask you, who can ever read the sublime description of Satan without emotions of awe ? '' He above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. His form had not yet lost All its original likeness, nor appear'd Of glory obscnred ;—as when the son new ris'n,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1838 - 280 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 All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less, than Archangel ruin'd, and the excess,... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1838 - 652 pages
...'!p associations to your mind; you think on Milton's Mupendous descriptions of the archfiend, who, "Above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower." You are full of Milton. Hades is before your mind's ••ye, with its fiery surge, that, from the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 532 pages
...one of Milton, wherein he gives the portrait 01 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... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1839 - 702 pages
...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 appear'd Lets than archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 532 pages
...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 Stood like a tower; hie form had yet not lent All her original brightness, nor appear'd I/CM than archangel ruin'd, and... | |
 | Catharine Harbeson Waterman - Flower language - 1839 - 284 pages
...the touch of harmony, To smooth the brow of care, and make e'en sorrow flee. He above the rest ANON. 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. NOWDROP. Galanthus.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1839 - 694 pages
...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of the infernal hosts : 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... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - Literary Criticism - 1840 - 374 pages
...By Fontarabia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observed 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 obscured : as when the sun, new risen,... | |
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