 Their dread 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 arch-angel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...  The Harvard Classics - Page 55publié par - 1909Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 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.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...far these beyond Jompare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread eommander : he above the rest 'n m 0 ' not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd ress than Areh-angel ruin'd, and th' exeess... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1826 - 510 pages
...is nothing of which we really understand so little, as of infinity and eternity. We do not any where meet a more sublime description than this justly celebrated...had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruiu'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new ris'n Looks... | |
 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 pages
...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, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost AH her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than arch-angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscur'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 318 pages
...yet observed Their dread Commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, . ">90 Stood like a tower : his form 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,... | |
 | 1826 - 696 pages
...she sair her champion fall Like the old ruins of a broken tower, Staid not to wail." FQI ii. 90. " He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tomer." PLI 580, &c. In another passage where, in spite of one vulgar word, by a daring hyperbole,... | |
 | 1827 - 294 pages
...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...All her original brightness ; nor appeared Less than Arch- Angel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the... | |
 | 1828 - 608 pages
...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 ;... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...* * 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...had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than archimgel ruin'd and the' exress Of glory obscur'u ; as when ihe sun, new risen,... | |
 | William Godwin - 1830 - 376 pages
...in his patriotic 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... | |
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