...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the hebci qf the infernal hosts : In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form bad not yet losi All her original brightness, nor appcar'd Less than archangel ruin'd ; and the cxce»s...

...above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Aa 2 Stood like a tow'r; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn...

...arise. and changes to States, 3 I shall believe there cannot be a more ill-boding sign to a nation -As when the sun, new risen] Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations,...

...their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. The following is a fine portrait of this evil being: He above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd; and the excess Of glory obscur'd. His face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd, and care Sat on his faded...

...world, which fact is beautifully alluded to by Milton in the first book of Paradise Lost, line 594:— As when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, ' In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations,...

...By Fontarabbia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observed Their dread commander; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...form had yet not lost All her original brightness; norappear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured: as when the sun, new risen,...

...hud not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd I .• " than archangel ruin d ; and the excess Of glory obscur'd: as when the sun new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams ; or, from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations,...

...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of the infernal hosts: -He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower . his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd ; and the excess...

...head shaken, is the effect of his nod, and makes a happy picturesque circumstance in the description.* -He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruiu'd ; and the excess...

...the world, which is beautifully alluded to by Milton in the first book of Paradise Lost, line 594: -As when the sun, new risen. Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the innnn, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations,...