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 Poetry of Life - Trang 169bởi Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835Xem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
| Hugh Blair - 1820 - 538 trang
...the following noted description of Satan after his fall, appearing at the head of the infernal hosts: 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 the excess Of... | |
| John Bowdler - 1820 - 418 trang
...Paradise Lost. 72 " 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 not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and th' excess Of... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 trang
...Fontarabbia. Thus far these Iwyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread commander : Nature lets it fall, Short, and but rare, till man improv'd it all. We just ; liis form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than arch-angel ruin'd,... | |
| John Milton - 1820 - 342 trang
...Fontarabbia. Thas tar 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 not yet lost 590 All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than Archangel... | |
| John Milton - 1821 - 226 trang
...Fontarabbia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observed Their dread Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new risen,... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1822 - 164 trang
...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing; at the head of the infernal hosts : • He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had not yet lost All its original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruined ; and the excess... | |
| Gamaliel Bradford - 1822 - 146 trang
...voragine profonda S'apre la bocca d'atro sangue immonda. Such images are far beneath Milton's Satan, who 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 ruined ; and th' excess... | |
| William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 260 trang
...organ ! One image is peculiar, and very sublime, in the use of an image drawn from art, where Satan " above the rest, " In shape and gesture proudly eminent, " Stood, LIKE A TOW'R." stroke introducing battlements, pinnacles, corbels, &e. the image would have lost so much grandeur... | |
| John Milton - 1823 - 306 trang
...Fontarabhia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observed Their dread Commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightuess ; nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 820 trang
...up to a greater sublimity, than that wherein his person is described in those celebrated lines : — He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower, &c. i. 589. His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created being... | |
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