 HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit raised To that bad eminence...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 61de John Milton - 1892 - 618 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Oliver Optic - 1870 - 974 pages
...SHOWERS. HE second book of Paradise Lost opens with a description of a scene in Pandemonium. There, — " High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone...kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat." The "barbaric pearl and gold," we are told, is an allusion to the old Eastern ceremony of powdering... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 530 pages
...or not much inferior, to themselves, about this time to be created : their doubt who shall be sent on this difficult search : Satan, their chief, undertakes...East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric riearl and gold, B Satan exalted sat, by merit raised To that bad eminence ; and, from despair Thus... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1871 - 970 pages
...ends of the earth. Those poets, indeed, in fond imagination and prophetic vision, behold their town "High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone...where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers ou her kings barbaric pearl aud gold." Perhaps it is the Mongolian incursion which has so stimulated... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Phillips - 1872 - 614 pages
...difficulty he passes th'ough, directed by Chaos, the power of that place, to the sight of this new worid which he sought. HIGH on a throne of royal state,...hope, aspires Beyond thus high, insatiate to pursue S Vain war with Heaven ; and, by success untaught His proud imaginations thus display'd : " Powers... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1872 - 438 pages
...miscreants pours destruction down", Who can abide his coming^ Who can bear His whole displeasure^? Sigh on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the...with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric, pearls and gold, Satan exalted satl MODULATION. MODULATION is the giving to each tone of the voice... | |
 | John Milton - 1873 - 678 pages
...inclinations lead them, to entertain the time till Satan return. He passes on his journey to hell gates ; finds them shut, and who sat there to guard them ;...pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit raised 6 To thai)-ha,fl en^ineji^ej and, from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires Beyond thus... | |
 | William Davidson (B.A.) - 1873 - 174 pages
...crown — A com. noun, neut. gen., sing, num., 3rd per., nom. case to the verb becomes understood. §3. High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone...exalted sat, by merit raised To that bad eminence. High — -An adv. of deg,, mod. the verb "sat." on — A prep., showing the relation between. " throne... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1873 - 348 pages
...wealth of Ormus and — of Ind, — Or — where the gorgeous East with — richest hand — Show'rs— on her kings— barbaric — -pearl and gold,— Satan...high, — insatiate to pursue Vain war with Heaven." SOFT AND SMOOTH. "How sweet the moon-light sleeps upon this bank, Here will we sit, and let the sounds... | |
 | Joseph Henry Allen - 1873 - 292 pages
...of English prose; but its effect is better seen in poetry, in such a passage as the following: — " High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone...kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat." Paradite Lott, Book II. 1-5. PART THIRD. RULES OF VERSE (PROSODY). 77. RHYTHM. 1. The Poetry of the... | |
 | John Milton - 1873 - 606 pages
...far Outshone the wealth of Ormus1 and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous east with richest hand Show'rs on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold," Satan exalted...Beyond thus high, insatiate to pursue Vain war with heav'n, and by success untaught His proud imaginations thus display'd. Powers and Dominions, Deities... | |
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