 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 σελίδες
...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 dark, uncertain,... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 σελίδες
...either; black it stood as Night, 6;o Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a. dreadful dart; what 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 σελίδες
...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 now at hand, and from his seat, The monster moving onward, came as fast 675 With horrid strides,... | |
 | 1811 - 702 σελίδες
...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 Edmund Burke understood... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - 1803 - 68 σελίδες
...object : . • - black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart : what 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... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 σελίδες
...seem'd either; black it stood as night; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell ; And shook a dreadful dart. What seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly...had on. In this description all is dark, uncertain, con* fused, terrible, and sublime to the last degree. There are two striking passages in Scripture,... | |
 | 1828 - 590 σελίδες
...seem'd either ; hlack it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrihle as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what 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... | |
 | Sir Uvedale Price - 1810 - 444 σελίδες
...Or substance might be called, which shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook...seem'd his head, The likeness of a kingly crown had on. The union of deformity with beauty, is, from the contrast, more striking than any other ; but it is... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 σελίδες
...seem'd either ; black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what 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... | |
 | Basil Richard Barrett - 1812 - 188 σελίδες
..." For each seem'd either ) black he stoqd as qigkt, " Fierpe as ten furies, terrible as hell, " A"d shook a deadly dart. What seem'd his head " The likeness of a kingly crown had on." This passage may be shewn to derive its sublimity from the criterion assigned, and not from that^ of... | |
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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 shook... 
