...this system had been compacted, and with infinite toil of profound metaphysicians had received its shape, " If shape it might be called, that shape had...Or substance might be called that shadow seemed." It is common now to speak of the system with contempt. We * "Toward the close of the fifth century,...

..."shape'* and (t substance" from the wearisome toil of some of the profoundest men that have lived — "If shape it might be called, that shape had none...substance might be called that shadow seemed." For centuries this dark system frowned upon all efforts to investigate the works of nature ; and during...

...this system had been compacted, and with infinite toil of profound metaphysicians had received its shape, " If shape it might be called, that shape had...member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called tha* shadow seemed." It is common now to speak of the system with contempt. We * "Toward the close...

...only, and the constitution was therefore proclaimed by him to be a shape — " If shape it might he called, that shape had none Distinguishable in member,...substance might be called, that shadow seemed, For each seemca either; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell." Such were the sentiments...

...kingly crown has on." The likeness only, and the constitution was therefore proclaimed by him to he a shape — " If shape it might' be called, that shape...Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might he called, that shadow seemed, For each seemed either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies,...

...in the poo'r o' man to inflick. Mr Tickler, spoot you, in your turn, a screed o' Milton. Tickler.— "The other Shape, If Shape it might be called, that...For each seemed either ; black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seemed its head The likeness...

...in the poo'r o' man to inflick. Mr Tickler, spoot you, in your turn, a screed o' Milton. Tickler.— "The other Shape, If Shape it might be called, that...For each seemed either ; black it stood as Night, Pierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seemed its head The likeness...

...certain indefinable forms. Thus Milton, in a famous passage of ' Paradise Lost,' describes Death as ' The other shape, If shape it might be called, that...substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seeired either.' Here we have the two essentials of amorphism, externally, vague outline, internally,...

...exceedingly vivid and appalling. How Milton represents Death, may be seen from the following quotation : The other shape, If shape it might be called that...or limb, Or substance might be called that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And...

...in the power o' man to inflick. Mr. Tickler, spoot you, in your turn, a screed o' Milton. Tickler. The other Shape, If Shape it might be called that...Distinguishable in member, joint or limb; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seemed, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten Furies,...