 HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat...  The Works of Matthew Arnold - Page 218by Matthew Arnold - 1903Full view - About this book
 | 1827 - 604 pages
...description of a Persian monarch, when he formed his noble conception of the Shah of Pandemonium. ' High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormuz and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showeri on her kings barbaric pearl... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...and moment, With this regard theiv currents turn awry, And lose the name of action." HAMLET. " Hish on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Show'rs on her king's barbarick pearl and gold, Satan... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...clashing bray'd Horrible discord, and the mad'ning wheels Of brazen chariots rag'd. Milton Full— High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of ormus or of Inde, Or where the gorgeous east with richest hand, Show'rs on her kings barbaric, pearl and... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...often been given as a good example of the dignity and force attending the monotone when properly used. High on a throne of royal state, which far " Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Show'rs, on her kings barbaric, pearl and... | |
 | John Milton - 1829 - 426 pages
...through, directed hy Chaos, the Power of that placet to the sight of this m u- world which he sought. HIGH on a throne of royal state, which -far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind; -Or where the gorgeous east with richest hand Showers on her kings harharic pearl and gold* Sutan exalted... | |
 | Christianity - 1829 - 510 pages
...his imagination could collect, to shew the overwhelming splendour of the Satanic glory, he says — ' High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormuz, or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - Asia - 1829 - 586 pages
...rendered interesting by its history and associations, and immortalized by the verse of Milton : — ' High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of ORMUZ or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Elocution - 1830 - 364 pages
...extension of syllabic quantity. 1. Grandeur and solemnity of Description. The following is an instance. " High on a throne of roy-al state, which far Out-shone the wealth of Or-mus and of Ind ; Or where the gw-geous east with richest hand Showert on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 412 pages
...we do. In the sense in which it is here used it occurs in the following classical lines of Milton : High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of'Ind, Or where the gorgeous east with richest hand Show'rs on her king barbaric pearl and gold,... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - Asia - 1830 - 500 pages
...rendered interesting by its history and associations, and immortalized by the verse of Milton : — ' High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of OHMUZ or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl... | |
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