 | John Milton - 1831 - 294 Seiten
...above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, 590 Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less...Archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air 595 Shorn of his beams ; or from... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832
...D'ombres et de lumière offre un confus mélange ; Et si c'est un débris, c'est celui d'un archange, All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd, and the' excess Of glory' obscur'd : as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams :... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 324 Seiten
...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,...archangel ruin'd, and the' excess Of glory' obscured." Paradise Lost, book i. In this brief clause there are no less than four supernumerary syllables in... | |
 | John Milton - 1833 - 351 Seiten
...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, and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams :... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 324 Seiten
...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, and the' excess Of glory' obscured." ^ Paradise Lost, book i. In this brief clause... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1833 - 549 Seiten
...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 the excess Of glory obscur'd: as when the sun new risen, Looks through... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1835
...subject: He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not th' excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new ris'n THERE are' two verses in Horace's Art of Looks... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - 1836
...upon The never-dying life of a long death. In his sad house of slow destruction, His shop of flames, he fries himself, beneath A mass of woes : his teeth...his steel sides sound with his tail's strong lash. Three rigorous virgins, waiting still behind, Assist the throne of th' iron-sceptered king : Their... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 399 Seiten
...upon The never-dying life of a long death. In his sad house of slow destruction, His shop of flames, he fries himself, beneath A mass of woes : his teeth...his steel sides sound with his tail's strong lash. Three rigorous virgins, waiting still behind, Assist the throne of th' iron-sceptered king : With whips... | |
 | John Milton - 1836 - 312 Seiten
...Their dread Commander; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent. 590 Stood like a tower; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness;...Archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured: as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air 595 Shorn of his beams; or from... | |
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Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. 
