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" 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 xxx
by John Milton - 1896 - 408 pages
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1

Hugh Blair - English language - 1823 - 458 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...
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An Abridgment of Lectures on Rhetoric

Hugh Blair - English language - 1823 - 320 pages
...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...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1823 - 436 pages
...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...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 7-8

British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...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...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 354 pages
...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...
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Oeuvres, Volume 13

Jacques Delille - English poetry - 1824 - 432 pages
...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,...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

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....
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces

John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...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,...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1826 - 510 pages
...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...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres :

Hugh Blair - English language - 1826 - 514 pages
...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...
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