 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 archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...  The British Essayists: Spectator - Page 234publié par - 1823Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1840 - 314 pages
...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 All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...By Fontarabbia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread commander: mself untried: I therefore, I alone first undertook To wing the desolate aby his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Loss than arch-angel ruin'd, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
...By 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 tow'r : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...that lay plunged and stupified in the sea of fire: He call'd so loud, that all the hollow deep Of bell resounded. But there is no single passage in the whole...shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower, tc. His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created being of the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...By Fontarnbbia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread commander: his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Leas than arch-angel ruin'd, and... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...By Fontarabbio. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread commander: the meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than arch-angel ruin'd, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...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, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All its original brightness : nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd,... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...By Fontorabbia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observed 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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1844 - 232 pages
...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 ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...By Kontarabia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread commander ; te tow'r ; his form had not yet lost Ail her original brightness, nor appcar'd Less than Archangel ruin'd,... | |
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