 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 - Pàgina 238per Alexander Chalmers - 1808Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Milton - 1837 - 524 pàgines
...de Fontarabie. 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 tana had yet not lost All her original brightness., nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1837 - 744 pàgines
...justlycelebrated 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 tincer ; nis form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruind,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1838 - 332 pàgines
...princely dignities, And powers that erst in heaven sat on thrones," he thus depicts their leader : — " 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 Less than archangel ruin'd,... | |
 | 1838 - 540 pàgines
...century, to whom we might well apply Milton's famous description of Lucifer, the Son of the Morning : 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... | |
 | Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1838 - 372 pàgines
...following 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 archangel ruined; and... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1838 - 830 pàgines
...associations to your mind ; you think on Milton's stupendous descriptions of the archfiend, who, " Above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower." You are full of Milton. Hades is before your mind's eye, with its fiery surge, that, from the precipice... | |
 | Catharine Harbeson Waterman - 1839 - 284 pàgines
...Which waiteth but the touch of harmony, To smooth the brow of care, and make e'en sorrow flee. ANON. 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 Less than archangel ruin'd. NOWDROP.... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1839 - 316 pàgines
...tumultu Quid prffistct fortuna mini. — Pkars. V. 578. f *gM WeW> on tut, Bteutim of toMij. - - - - He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form hajl not yet loft Ail bur original brightimss, nor appeared Len than archangel ruined, and... | |
 | 1840 - 372 pàgines
...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 her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd,... | |
 | 1840 - 582 pàgines
...which he'exercised in parliament, jio man hardly dare face him; and the herd trembled as he rose. " He above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. Deep on his front engraven, Deliberation sat, and public care. Sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders,... | |
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