 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1831 - 284 pages
...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of his infernal hosts. -He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood, like a tower ; his form had not yet lost What is said of blank verse ? — What proof is afforded of this? — What... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 290 pages
...Fontarahhia. Thus far these heyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet ohserved Their dread Commander; he, ahove the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original hrightness ; nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd,... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...Fontarabbia. Thus far 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 tower ; his form had yet not lost Tous n'attendent qu'un signe ; et le roi des enfers, D'un coup d'œil plus... | |
 | Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - English language - 1832 - 378 pages
...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 an archangel ruined... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 566 pages
...upright young lady in the establishment, a very drill-sergeant in petticoats. But though Miss Fairfax' " above the rest in shape and gesture, proudly eminent, stood like a tower," it could not be concealed from the eye of the penetrating observer that her bust did not equal that... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 528 pages
...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,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Rhetoric - 1833 - 654 pages
...head shaken, is the effect of his nod, and makes a happy picturesque circumstance 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... | |
 | Caleb Cushing - Europe - 1833 - 500 pages
...midst of this multiplicity of great events, it is evident that the Reformation was the greatest : this, Above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. As it fastened its name, so did it stamp its character, upon the epoch. What is that character ? What... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 348 pages
...dignities, And powers that erst in heaven sat on thrones," he thus depicts 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, nor appear'd • Less than archangel ruin'd,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 740 pages
...one of Milton, wherein he gives tin: portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject : He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a timer ; hut form hud yet not labt All her original brightness, nor anncar'il Less than arc/ian^tlruind,... | |
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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... 
