 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, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 3861852Full view - About this book
 | a and w galignani - 1825 - 306 pages
...followed it. "We may safely retain such passages as that well-known one— " His form had not yetlost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscur'd"— forthe theory,which is opposed to them, "falls flat upon the grunsel edge, and shames... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...far these beyond Jompare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread eommander : he above the rest 'n m 0 ' not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd ress than Areh-angel ruin'd, and th' exeess... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1826 - 318 pages
...yet observed Their dread Commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, . ">90 Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All...excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new risen, Ijooks through the horizontal misty air 505 Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon. In dim eclipse,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1826 - 510 pages
...celebrated one of Milton, wherein he gives the portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject : -He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent...brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1826 - 510 pages
...one of Milton', wherein he gives the portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject : -He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent...original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruiu'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...Fontarabbia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost AH her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than arch-angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscur'd... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 464 pages
...has followed it. We may safely retain such passages as that well-known one — 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 — for the theory, which is opposed to them, " falls flat upon the grunsel edge, and shames... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...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 of his beams ;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Aesthetics - 1826 - 458 pages
...has followed it. We may safely retain such passages as that well-known one — 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 — for the theory, which is opposed to them, " falls flat upon the grunsel edge, and shames... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Rationalism - 1826 - 462 pages
...has followed it. We may safely retain such passages as that well-known one — 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 — for the theory, which is opposed to them, " falls flat upon the grunsel edge, and shames... | |
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