 He spake ; and, to confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined Hell. Highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding...  Dionysius Longinus On the Sublime - Page 114by Longinus - 1800 - 215 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...ean think submission ? War then, war, Open or understood, must be resolv'd. He spake : and to eonfirm r apply : airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of fleld and grove, attune The eherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumin'd Hell : highly they rag'd Against the Highest, and fieree... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...War, then, wir. Open or understood, must be resolv'd." He spake : and, to confirm his words, out-flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs...highly they rag'd Against the Highest, and fierce with grasjied arms Clash'd on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1826 - 312 pages
...But these thoughts Vor who can think submission ? War then, War Open or understood must be resolved. He spake: and, to confirm his words, out flew Millions...from the thighs Of mighty Cherubim; the sudden blaze 665 Far round illumined hell: Highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clash'd... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - Imprints (Publishers' and printers' statements) - 1828 - 584 pages
...quote it, therefore, for your reflection J amusement." " He spake ; and to confirm his words, out-flew "Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs "Of mighty Cherubim; the sudden blaze " Far round illumined Hell.* §. 351. Influence of association on emotions of sublimity. Granting, that the sublime... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 396 pages
...stars, And set them in the firmament of heaven, 1" illuminate the earth and rule the night. aaton. To confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of loighty cheruhims : the sudden blaze ' Far round illumined hell. Id. What in me is dark, Ilhamne !... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 412 pages
...VIII. Whilst the Persians were thus employed, they happened to have with them Scyllias1 of Scios, the He spake, and to confirm his words out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thigh Of mighty cherubim. The sudden blaze Far round illumined hell : highly they raged Against the... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1831 - 328 pages
...spectator; and it is the manner of description that contributes greatly to the sublimity of the passage : He spake ; and, to confirm his words, out flew Millions...thighs Of mighty cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illnmin'd hell: highly they rag'd Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clash'd on their... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
...But these thoughts For who can think submission ? War then, War Open or understood must be resolved. He spake : and, to confirm his words, out flew Millions...from the thighs Of mighty Cherubim ; the sudden blaze 665 Far round illumined hell : Highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms... | |
 | Johann Heinrich Füssli - 1831 - 466 pages
...possession of ,His Grace the Duke of Wellington. PICTURE III.—A SKETCH. SATAN haranguing his Host. He spake: and to confirm his words, out flew Millions...swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty Cherubim. Book I. v. 663. PICTURE IV. Figures from a simile in allusion to the contracted form of the Spirits... | |
 | Henry Fuseli - Art - 1831 - 472 pages
...possession of His Grace the Duke of Wellington. PICTURE III. — A SKETCH. SATAN haranguing his Host. He spake: and to confirm his words, out flew Millions...swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty Cherubim. Book I. v. 663. PICTURE IV. Figures from a simile in allusion to the contracted form of the Spirits... | |
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