 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
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 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, Ml her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than arch-angel ruin'd, and... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...Fontardbbia. 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, Ml her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than arch-angel ruin'd, and... | |
 | Thomas Henry White - 1845 - 474 pages
...town, the Pontifical Palace of Avignon appears to realize in stone the picture of Satan ; " 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 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 All her original brightness; nor appear'd Less than arch-angel ruin'd, and... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...Fontarabbia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dreail 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 appear'd Less than arch-angel ruin'd,... | |
 | Frederick ROWTON - 1846 - 366 pages
...found in his account of the Prince of the Fallen when he calls him " Hell's dread commander ; who above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower." " Paradise Lost " has often been censured for its want of human interest. The subject should centre,... | |
 | Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1849 - 306 pages
...sort of prelude or introduction to the rest, than as the story itself. CHAPTER V. . . . . " He above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower." MILTON. A VERY full house, and a very important question before the house. The times were times of... | |
 | E. A. ANSLEY - 1849 - 288 pages
...Refulgent from the stroke of Cesar's fate Amid the crowd of patriots," etc. — Akensidc. "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, —... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...pleased th' Almighty's order to perform, Bides on the whirlwind, and direct.-; the storm. 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 Milton - 1850 - 594 pages
...has attributed to Satan those sentiments which are every way answerable to his character, and suited to a created being of the most exalted and most depraved nature ; as in this passage, which describes him as taking possession of his place of torments, 250 — 263.... | |
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