 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...are instances of that proud and daring mind which could not brook submission, even to Omnipotence ! Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster...With horrid strides ; hell trembled as he strode. Th' undaunted fiend what this might be admired ; Admired, not fear'd. — ii. 674. The same boldness... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1823 - 406 pages
...same author, where he describes Satan's surprise at the sight and approach of the figure of death. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster...With horrid strides ; Hell trembled as he strode. Th' undaunted fiend what this might be admir'd ; Admir'd, not fear'd: God, and his son except, Created... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 716 pages
...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...seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on." These figures are strongly marked, and the resemblance of their characters to their effects produced... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 354 pages
...are instances of that proud and daring mind which could not brook submission, even to Omnipotence ! Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster moving onward came as fast A a2 With horrid strides, hell trembled as he strode ; The undaunted fiend what this might be admired,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...last degree. Burke on the Sublime and Beautiful, part ii. sect. 3. 670. —black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as hell, And shook...from his seat The monster moving onward came as fast 675 With horrid strides, hell trembled as he strode. Th' undaunted Fiend what this might be admir'd,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seem'd hie n, and the lynx's beam; Of smell, the headlong lioness...between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green ; Th' undaunted fiend what this might be admir'd ; Admir'd, not fear'd; God and his Son except Created... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...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,...from his seat The monster moving, onward came as fast 675 With horrid strides: hell trembled a. lie strode. Th' undaunted fiend what this might be admir'd;... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...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...seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Ibid. Death Grinn'd horrible a ghastly smile, to hear His famine should be fill'd, and blest his maw... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 294 pages
...terrors; are instances of that proud and daring mind which could not brook submission even to Omnipotence. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster...fast With horrid strides: hell trembled as he strode: Tii" undaunted ficml what this might be admir'd, AdmirM, not fear'd. ' .The same boldness and intrepidity... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...seat The monster moving onward came as fast 675 With horrid strides, hell trembled as he strode. Th' undaunted Fiend what this might be admir'd, Admir'd,...not fear'd ; God and his Son except, Created thing nought valued he nor shunn'd ; And with disdainful look thus first began. fiso Whence and what art... | |
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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... 
