 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...which ho sought. HlGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, sat, by merit rais'd To that bad eminence . and, from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 614 pages
...earthly conceptions, and revelled on a throne « Which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold." Even from that throne he too often descended, " Bowing lowly down To bestial gods." * The following... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 428 pages
...amazement and horror. " High on a throne of royal state, that far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers...on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat." * . RULES ON THE FALLING INFLECTION. RULE I. Forcible expression requires the falling inflection,... | |
 | Literature - 1921 - 864 pages
...well-known lines: High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, —Paradise Lost, II, 1 — *. the phrase 'gorgeous East' being evidently a borrowing from Shakespeare's... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...armor, clashing, brayed horrible discord ; and the maddening wheels of brazen chariots raged. Fulhhigh on a throne — of royal state, which far outshone...her kings barbaric, pearl and gold, Satan, EXALTED, sat. Strong: him, the Almighty Power hurled headlong, flaming from the ethereal skies with hideous... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...brazen chariots raged. Fulkhigk on a throne — of royal state, which far outshone the wealth of Ormtts, and of Inde; or where the gorgeous East, with richest...her kings barbaric, pearl and gold, Satan, EXALTED, sal. Strong: him, the Almighty Power hurled headlong, flaming from the ethereal skies with hideous... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 398 pages
...brazen chariots raged. FulUhigh on a throne — of royal state, which far outshone the wealth of Ornius, and of Inde ; or where the gorgeous East, with richest...her kings barbaric, pearl and gold, Satan, EXALTED, sat. Strong: Mm, the Almighty Power hurled headltmg, flaming from the ethereal skies with hideous ruin... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...the expression. EXAMPLES. High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of Inde, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest...on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat. On the Value of Time to Man. YOUNG. NIGHT, sable goddess, from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty,... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 410 pages
...amazement and horror. " High on a throne of royal state, that far Outshone the wealth of Ormus or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers...on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat." * RULES ON THE FALLING INFLECTION. RULE I. Forcible expression requires the fatting inflection,... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1845 - 352 pages
...Deliberation. EXAMPLES.* 1. High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous east with richest hand Showers...on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit raised To that bad eminence : and, from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires... | |
| |
HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold... 
