 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1818 - 300 pages
...her original brightness, nor appear'd Less, than Archangel ruiu'd, and the excess, Of glory obicurd ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet ebone Above them all the Archangel. Here various sources of the sublime are joined... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1819 - 550 pages
...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,...beams ; or, from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disasterous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd... | |
 | John Milton - Freedom of the press - 1819 - 484 pages
...of men, whose misfortune it is to have understanding. Henceforth let " As when the Sun new ris'n " Looks through the horizontal misty air " Shorn of...half the nations, and with fear of change " Perplexes monarch*." Life of MILTON, p. 121. Hollis's edit. We should felicitate ourselves, that for England's... | |
 | 1829 - 632 pages
...following description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of the infernal hosts : — " He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...yet lost : All her original brightness, nor appeared r \ Less than archangel ruined ; and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new-risen, ' Looks... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Aesthetics - 1819 - 434 pages
...and th' excess Of glory obscur'd ; as when the sun new-risen Looks through the horizontal misty a<r Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon In dim...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes munarchs. Milton, b. i As when a vulture on Imaus bred, Whose snowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 538 pages
...the 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,...his beams; or, from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disasterous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1820 - 418 pages
...Paradise Lost. 72 " Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observed Their dread commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and th' excess Of glory obscured. As when the sun new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...: 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 : as when the sun,...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all the Arch-Angel : but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...excess Of glory' obscur'd ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horiaontal misty air, 595 Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon, .In...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' Archangel : but his face 600 Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Rhetoric - 1822 - 156 pages
...its original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruined ; and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' archangfl A. No. The mind cannot long be kept raised above... | |
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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 ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the... 
