...outlines. To illustrate his point Burke cites one of the powerful descriptions of Satan in Paradise Lost, Book I: he above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a Tow'r; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd,...

...saber: la escultura de bulto redondo y el bajorrelieve. La primera constituye por sí sola un arte I Stood like a tower; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, not appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th'excess Of glory obscur'd: as when the sun new ris'n...

...celebrated one of Milton, wherein he gives she portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject. He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent...original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruin ‘d, and th'excess Of glory' obscured: as when the sun new ris ‘n Looks through the horizontal...

...isolates the fallen angel, at this moment verbally split in two as "Arch Angel" and visibly dimming: ... he above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a Towr; his form had not yet lost All her Original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Arch Angel ruind,...

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...Satan, not merely as the metaphoric foundation of this complex edifice, but as its actual embodiment¿ “he above the rest / In shape and gesture proudly eminent / Stood like a Tow'r” (PL, 1.589—91). Taking on the dimensions of hell, his noble face, form, and aspect are clouded...