 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 the excess Of glory obscured...  Elements of Criticism - Pàgina 345per Lord Henry Home Kames - 1861 - 486 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pàgines
...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...had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and th" excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun new risen Looks... | |
 | George Keate - 1790 - 388 pàgines
...a sublime poem. This feature may be observed in the sublime -description of Satan by Milton, — " 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 areh-angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pàgines
...the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent 590 Stood like a tow'r; his form had not yet lost A11 her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory' obscur'd ; as when the sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pàgines
...above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, 590 Stood like a tow'r ; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd ; as when the sun new ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty air 595 Shorn of his beams,... | |
 | Longinus - 1800 - 238 pàgines
...he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tow'r : his form not yet had lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less...than arch-angel ruin'd, and th' excess , Of glory obscur'd : As when the sun new-ris'n Looks thro' the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams ; or... | |
 | Freeman of Dublin - 1800 - 674 pàgines
...of Satan with a dignity fo fuitable to the fubjeft : He above the re/I In Jbcipc and gesture preudly eminent Stood like a tower; his form had yet not lost All her original brigltntfs, nor appear' d Less than archangel ruined, and th' excess Of glory abscur'd : as 'when the... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pàgines
...he above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent 590 Stood like a tow'r ; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory' obscur'd ; as when the sun new risen I.miks through the horizontal misty air 595 Shorn of his beams,... | |
 | Richard Payne Knight - 1805 - 512 pàgines
...confusion nor obscurity in the passage, which has been so confidently quoted as an instance of both*. 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, and th' excess Of glory obscured... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pàgines
...other FALLEN ANGH.S. (MIL TON.) THUS far these Seyond Compare of mortal prowess yet observ'd ri heir 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 Arch- Angel ruin'dj... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1806 - 520 pàgines
...justly-celebrated 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 s his form 1: ad yet not lost All her original brightnessy nor appear' d Less than archangel ruin'J,... | |
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