 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...far these beyond Jompare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread eommander : he above the rest 'n m 0 ' not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd ress than Areh-angel ruin'd, and th' exeess... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 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 AH her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than arch-angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscur'd... | |
 | Christianity - 1826 - 696 pages
...she sair her champion fall Like the old ruins of a broken tower, Staid not to wail." FQI ii. 90. " He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tomer." PLI 580, &c. In another passage where, in spite of one vulgar word, by a daring hyperbole,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1826 - 510 pages
...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 th' excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or... | |
 | Bible - 1827 - 294 pages
...these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observed 588 Their dread Commander : he, above the rest 589 In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appeared Less than Arch- Angel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured... | |
 | 1828 - 608 pages
...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 : bis form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Lens than archangel ruined ;... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...* * Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess yf.t observ'd Their dread commander : he, aoove 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 archimgel ruin'd and the' exress Of glory obscur'u... | |
 | 1830 - 470 pages
...of an ordinary genius ? Take one more from the English Homer — his sublime description of Satan. " He, above the rest, in shape and gesture proudly eminent, stood like a tower : bia form had not yet lost all her original brightness, nor appenred less than archangel ruined ;... | |
 | 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, and the excess Of glory ohscured... | |
 | 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 are examples... | |
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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 Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured... 
