 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pages
...joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed ; For each seemed either ; black he stood as night ; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell ; And shook a deadly dart. What seemed bis head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. In this description all is... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...Or substance might be call'd that shadow seemM, For each seem'd either; black it stood as Night, 6;o Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook...seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster moving onward came as fast With horrid strides,... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, 671 And shook a dreadful dart. What seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was... | |
 | Longinus - 1800 - 238 pages
...flow'd*. He has not represented his image terrible, but loathsome and nauseous. On Of Death he says, black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart. • But Milton's judiciousness in selecting such circurflstances as tend to raise a just and natural... | |
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - 1811 - 704 pages
...might be called, that shadow seemed, Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; For each seemed cither; black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as hell, And shook a deadly dart; what seemed Ids head The likeness of a kingly cromi hiiii on. As an evidence how well... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as Night, 670 Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd hii head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - 1803 - 68 pages
...of Terrors, is a • just appropriation of our great bard's description of the same object : . • - black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible...seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. vii In the employment of Sin, pointing and envenoming the stings of Death, there is a beautiful personification... | |
 | 1806 - 550 pages
...Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb : Or substance might be calkd, that shadow seemed Ï For each seemed either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, . • • • . ' ' ,• V - And shook, a. dreadful dart. What seemed his head, The likeness of a kingly... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1806 - 528 pages
...seem'd either ; black he stood as flight ; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell ; And shook a deadly dart. What seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. In this description all is dark, uncertain, confused, terrible, and sublime to the last degree. SECT.... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be rall'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, 671 Ar.d shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his lie ad The likeness of a kingly crown had on. hr.inwas... | |
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The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either: black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And... 
