 | 1827 - 294 pàgines
...these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observed 588 Their dread Commander : he, above the rest 589 In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appeared Less than Arch- Angel ruined, and the excess... | |
 | 1828 - 608 pàgines
...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 : bis form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Lens than archangel ruined ;... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1829 - 648 pàgines
...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...tower ; his form had not yet lost * All her original brighlnesK, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd ; and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1830 - 400 pàgines
...Webb , sur les beautés de la poésie. S loi ni like a tower : bis form had not y et lost . .' . i AU her original brightness , nor appeared Less than archangel...and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal mi sty air,. ) . . : Shom of lus beams ; or , from behind... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pàgines
...* * Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess yf.t observ'd Their dread commander : he, aoove the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than archimgel ruin'd and the' exress... | |
 | 1830 - 470 pàgines
...of an ordinary genius ? Take one more from the English Homer — his sublime description of Satan. " He, above the rest, in shape and gesture proudly eminent, stood like a tower : bia form had not yet lost all her original brightness, nor appenred less than archangel ruined ;... | |
 | William Godwin - 1830 - 376 pàgines
...views, and driven into exile, that he had betaken himself to his present courses. His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than arch-angel ruined, and the excem Of glory obscured. And, when we add to this general character the indescribable softness and... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1831 - 284 pàgines
...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 What is said of blank verse ? — What proof is afforded of this? — What are examples of it? —... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 290 pàgines
...Fontarahhia. Thus far these heyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet ohserved Their dread Commander; he, ahove the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original hrightness ; nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd, and the excess... | |
 | 1831 - 1040 pàgines
...TICKLER. " Oh no ! we never mention him." NORTH. Name — Name. ...• . . , TICKLER, s 4 ' , • — He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. . . . NORTH. Thank ye — Well, I don't doubt Talleyrand among the Whigs has been almost as much at... | |
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Commander ; 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... 
