| John Aikin - 1831 - 418 páginas
...Fontarahhia. Thus far these heyond Compare of mortal prowess, yot ohserv'd 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 arch-angel ruin'd, and the excess... | |
| 1831 - 1040 páginas
...TICKLER. " Oh no ! we never mention him." NORTH. Name — Name. ...• . . , TICKLER, s 4 ' , • — He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. . . . NORTH. Thank ye — Well, I don't doubt Talleyrand among the Whigs has been almost as much at... | |
| Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1832 - 378 páginas
...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of the infernal host : • He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than an archangel ruined ; and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new risen, Looks through the... | |
| Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 páginas
...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 Tous n'attendent qu'un signe ; et le roi des enfers, D'un coup d'œil plus percant, plus... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1832 - 242 páginas
...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; li is form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Leas than Archangel rain'd, and... | |
| 1842 - 566 páginas
...upright young lady in the establishment, a very drill-sergeant in petticoats. But though Miss Fairfax' " above the rest in shape and gesture, proudly eminent, stood like a tower," it could not be concealed from the eye of the penetrating observer that her bust did not equal that... | |
| John Milton - 1832 - 1084 páginas
...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 tow«r : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd,... | |
| James Montgomery - 1833 - 528 páginas
...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,...had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and the' excess Of glory ' obscured." Paradise Lost, book i. In... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1833 - 654 páginas
...head shaken, is the effect of his nod, and makes a happy picturesque circumstance in the description.* -He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly...had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Leu than archangel ruiu'd ; and the excess Of glory obscur'd: as when the sun new risen, Looks... | |
| James Montgomery - 1833 - 348 páginas
...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...had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd • Less than archangel ruin'd, and the' excess Of glory' obscured." Paradise Lost, book i.... | |
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