 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.  Paradise Lost - עמוד xxxמאת John Milton - 1896 - 408 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | John Bowdler - 1820
...Paradise Lost. " 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... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820
...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... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1821
...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 IOW'K." Here is an instant image of immoveable strength : but if the ." tower" had been particularised,... | |
 | British poets - 1822
...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,... | |
 | 1822
...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,... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822
...XL. 2 O 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'H." Here is an instant image of imrnoveable strength; but if the " tower "had been particularised,... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 217 דפים
...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, &c. the image would have lost so much grandeur;... | |
 | John Milton - 1823
...Fontarabbia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observed Their dread Commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...form had yet not lost All her original brightness j nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1823
...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... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1823 - 306 דפים
...hair is the consequence of his nod, and makes a happy picturesque circumstance ia 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 Less than archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of... | |
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