He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the... The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins: Complete in ... - Page 81867Full view - About this book
| George John Freeman - 464 pages
...nor appear'd Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the Sun new-ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' Arch- Angel, This This is not onfy an apposite... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1815 - 582 pages
...appear'd Less than archangel ruiuM ; and tin- excess Or glory obscurM : as when the sun, new risen, L»oks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams...sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Verplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' archangel Here concur a variety of sources... | |
| John Bowdler - 1816 - 374 pages
...form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and th' excess Of glory obscured. As when the sun new risen,...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs ; darkened so, yet shone Above them all th' archangel : but his face 188 •••!.< - •... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 524 pages
...other trivial objections suspected treason in the noble simile, I. 594 : As when the sun new-risen Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.' This grand production of genius, which does honour to human nature, having at length surmounted... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 pages
...fancied treason in the following noble simile: As when the sun new-risen Looks through the hopizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchr. Having overcome this obstacle, Milton sold the cop/right for five pounds ready money, five... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1817 - 516 pages
...original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel rnm'd ; und ilie excess Of glory ohscur'd : us when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarclis. Uarki-n'd so, yet shone Above them all ill" archangel. Here concur a variety of sources... | |
| Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1817 - 532 pages
...nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd and th' excess Of glory obscur'd: as when the sun new-risen Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Milton, JB. 1. As when a vulture on Innuis bred, Whose snowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds,... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1818 - 538 pages
...his lurid disk is yet in contact with the agitated sea, is, if I may use the words of our great poet, As when the Sun new risen Looks through the horizontal...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. But soon, mounting on high, he becomes the manifest lord of the ascendant: and, while thus... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1818 - 300 pages
...her original brightness, nor appear'd Less, than Archangel ruiu'd, and the excess, Of glory obicurd ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet ebone Above them all the Archangel. Here various sources of the sublime... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1819 - 550 pages
...proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less. than archangel ruined; and the excess Of glory...beams ; or, from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disasterous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd... | |
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