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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 poetry and general literature

James Montgomery - English literature - 1833 - 488 pages
...princely dignities, And powers that erst in heaven sat on thrones," he thus depicts their leader: — " 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...
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Review, Historical and Political, of the Late Revolution in France ..., Volume 1

Caleb Cushing - Europe - 1833 - 500 pages
...midst of this multiplicity of great events, it is evident that the Reformation was the greatest: this, Above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. RETROSPECT OP EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION, xliii As it fastened its name, so did it stamp its character,...
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The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 744 pages
...justlycelebrated 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 umitur'il Less than archangel ruin'd, und In eiccst Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new ris'n Looks...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 648 pages
...dignity во suitable to the subject: —•-^—^——^-^— дс атлс -He above the rest In shap« and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a tower ; his...had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'tl, and in' excess Oi'elury nbscur'd : as when the sun new ris'n...
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The works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 740 pages
...one of Milton, wherein he gives tin: portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject : He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a timer ; hut form hud yet not labt All her original brightness, nor anncar'il Less than arc/ian^tlruind,...
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The Poetry of Life, Volume 2

Sarah Stickney Ellis - Life - 1835 - 370 pages
...a singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke: such resting found the sole Of unblessed feet." he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured: as when the sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind...
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The Poetry of Life, Volumes 1-2

Sarah Stickney Ellis - English fiction - 1835 - 742 pages
...<• With stench and smoke: such resting found the tole " Of unblessed feet." ' he, above the re*t " In shape and gesture proudly eminent, " Stood like...nor appeared " Less than archangel ruined, and the exeeu " Of glory obscured: as when the sun new risen " Looks through the horizontal misty air " Shorn...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - English literature - 1835 - 652 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...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 ria'n Looks...
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The Norwich magazine

1835 - 404 pages
...meridian, and was unwilling to descend. The description of Satan is unrivalled in the annals of poetry— " 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...
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Poetical Works: Paradise lost

John Milton - 1835 - 364 pages
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