Their dread commander ; 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... The Spectator - Strana 263upravili: - 1898Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
| Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 str.
...one of Milton, wherein he gives the portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject : — 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,... | |
| William Dodd, Joseph Addison - 1762 - 264 str.
...Fire. He call'dfo loud, that all the hollo'W deep Of Hell refounded But there is no fingle Paflage in the whole Poem worked up to a greater Sublimity, than that wherein his Perfbn is defcribed in thofe celebrated Lines. - He, ahove the reft In Shape and Gefture proudly eminent,... | |
| George Keate - 1790 - 388 str.
...a sublime poem. This feature may be observed in the sublime -description of Satan by Milton, — " He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All its original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than areh-angel ruin'd,... | |
| Longinus - 1800 - 238 str.
...eclipse, by which our ideas are wonderfully raised to a conception of what it was in all its glory. he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tow'r : his form not yet had lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than arch-angel ruin'd,... | |
| Sir John Barrow - 1802 - 404 str.
...a thousand feet high. As a distinction, we gave it the name of Tower-berg, because this mountain, " above the rest, " In shape and gesture proudly eminent, " Stood like a tower." About two o'clock in the morning we joined the scouting party at the base of this mountain.... | |
| 1803 - 372 str.
...plunged and stupified in the sea of fire. He callM so loud, that all the hollow deep Of hell resounded• But there is no single passage in the whole poem worked...the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent. Stood lske a tower, &c. His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 str.
...support uneasy steps Over the burning mail He call'd so loud, that all the hollow deep Of hell resounded But there is no single passage in the whole poem worked...In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tow'r, &c. His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created being... | |
| Richard Payne Knight - 1805 - 512 str.
...confusion nor obscurity in the passage, which has been so confidently quoted as an instance of both*. He above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All its original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1806 - 520 str.
...justly-celebrated one of Milton, wherein he gives the portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject : He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a tower s his form 1: ad yet not lost All her original brightnessy nor appear' d Less than archangel... | |
| 1806 - 408 str.
...(MIL TON.) THUS far these Seyond Compare of mortal prowess yet observ'd ri heir 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 Arch- Angel ruin'dj... | |
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