 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 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
...shape, 666" 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...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 - Aesthetics - 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...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, 670 Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd hii head The likeness... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1811 - 702 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... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - Death - 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... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 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 - Great Britain - 1806 - 522 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.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1806 - 520 pages
...shape, If shape it might be calPd 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 he stood as night s Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell / And shook a deadly dart. What seem'd... | |
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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... 
