 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
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 394 pages
...sentences. Similes in poetry form proper examples for gaining. A habit of lowering the voice. EXAMPLE. He above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tow'r. His form had not yet lost All tier original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...up to a greater sublimity, than that «herein bis person is described in those celebrated line,: 4 He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower, Нес.' His sentiments are every way answerable to hicharacter, and suitable to a created being of... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 334 pages
...Since first I • How far superior to this is the grand and sublime de•cription of Satan by Milton. " he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower; his form had not yet lost All its orig-'nal brightness, norappear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th* excess Of... | |
 | 1813 - 558 pages
...devil of our nurseries. Yet, like Milton's, Sadi's Satan was really handsome. In shape and stature, proudly eminent, Stood like a tower: his form had...not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Lcs3 than archangel ruiu'd, and th" excess Of glory obaear'd." -" I Ie above ihe rest, In Bustan I.... | |
 | George John Freeman - 464 pages
...How inimitably grand on the contrary, is his comparison of the Arch-deceiver to Sun eclipsed ! •• i 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 archangel ruined,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1818 - 300 pages
...following noted description of satan, after his fall, appearing at the bead of his infernal hosts. -He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood, like a tower ; his form had not yet lost AH her original brightness, nor appear'd Less, than Archangel ruiu'd, and the excess,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1818 - 364 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 ruiu'd, and the excess Of... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1819 - 464 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,...had yet not lost All her' original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-angel ruin'd and the ' excess Of glory ' obscur'd; as when the sun, new risen,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1819 - 550 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 appeared Less.than archangel ruined; and the excess Of... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1819 - 504 pages
...following noted descriptioa 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 ; Us form had not yet lost AH lier original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd ; and... | |
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