...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...

...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...

...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....

...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...

...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,...

...Ignpras ; quicrit pelagi coelique tumultu *, Quid prffistet fortuna mibi.—Phars. V. 578. - - - - He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had not yet lost Al l her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess...

...princely dignities, And powers that erst in heaven sat on tin•ones," 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,...

...partizans who infested the Irish territory occupied by the enemy— one who, in the language of Milton, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower !— was a gentleman of Tipperary, Anthony Carroll, surnamed Fada, or the Tali, who possessed an estate...

...perhaps another stage in the language half a century later; we select Milton's DESCRIPTION OF SATAN (';. He above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...Arch-Angel 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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