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... The Spectator - Page 251publié par - 1810Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 1842 - 566 pages
...young lady in the establishment, a very drill-sergeant in petticoats. But though Miss Fairfax' " above the rest in shape and gesture, proudly eminent, stood like a tower," it could not be concealed from the eye of the penetrating observer that her bust did not equal that... | |
| Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 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 Tous n'attendent qu'un signe ; et le roi des enfers, D'un coup d'œil plus... | |
| Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1832 - 378 pages
...noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of the infernal host : • 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 an archangel ruined... | |
| James Montgomery - 1833 - 348 pages
...dignities, And powers that erst in heaven sat on thrones," he thus depicts their leader : — " He, ahove the rest. In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower :— his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd • Less than archangel ruin'd,... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1833 - 654 pages
...is the effect of his nod, and makes a happy picturesque circumstance in the description.* -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 appear'd Leu than archangel ruiu'd ; and... | |
| Caleb Cushing - 1833 - 500 pages
...this multiplicity of great events, it is evident that the Reformation was the greatest : this, Above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. As it fastened its name, so did it stamp its character, upon the epoch. What is that character ? What... | |
| John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...greater suhlimity, than that wherein his person is descrihed in those celehrated lines : He, ahove the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower, &c. His sentiments are every way answerahle to his character, and suitahle to a created heing of the most exalted and most depraved... | |
| 1835 - 404 pages
...unwilling to descend. The description of Satan is unrivalled in the annals of poetry — " 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... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1835 - 652 pages
...Milton, wherein he gives the portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject: He above ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and... | |
| Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 228 pages
...bottom all involved With stench and smoke: such resting found the sole Of unblessed feet." -" 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... | |
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