...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, and the' excess...

...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, and the' excess...

...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...

...во suitable to the subject: -He above the rest — • -^— ^— — ^-^— дс атлс In shap« gin in a correspondence between the Author and a very...young gentleman at Paris, who did him the honour of d appear'd Less than archangel ruin'tl, and in' excess Oi'elury nbscur'd : as when the sun new ris'n...

...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,...

...singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke: such resting found the sole Of unblessed feet." -" he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...and the excess Of glory obscured: as when the sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim...

...celebrated one of Milton, wherein he gives the portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject: appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new ris'n THERE...

...and was unwilling to descend. The description of Satan is unrivalled in the annals of poetry — " 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 archangel ruined, and the excess Of...

...greater suhlimity, than that wherein his person is descrihed in those celehrated lines : He, ahove the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower, &c. His sentiments are every way answerahle to his character, and suitahle to a created heing of the...

...redoutable chef. Celui-ci, au dessus du reste par sa taille et sa contenance superbeStood like a lower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun new-risen Looks through the horizontal misty...