 Commander : 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 appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...  Complete Rhetoric - Page 244by Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 346 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ruth Katz, Ruth HaCohen - 2003 - 462 pages
...accords consonant: Thus far these heyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet ohserv'd Their dread commander: he above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tow'rs THE movement the most opposed to pride must he in accord with sorrow. A descent of notes, if... | |
 | Adriana Craciun - 2002 - 350 pages
...the wild winds, the lordly CEDAR tow'rs," writes Robinson, echoing Milton's description of Satan, who "above the rest / In shape and gesture proudly eminent / Stood like a tow'r" (PL, 1. 589-91). Defying the storm that topples inferior trees, "the proud TREE its verdant... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1084 pages
...he above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent 590 Stood like a Tow'r; his form had yet not lost All her Original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and th' excess Of Glory obscur'd: As when the Sun new ris'n Looks through the Horizontal misty Air 595... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 2004 - 592 pages
...are Beelzebub, Moloch, Chemos, Thammuz, Dagon, Eimmon, and Belial. His standard-bearer is Azaz'el. He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...had not yet lost All her original brightness ; nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured . . . but his face Deep scars... | |
 | Roberto Franzosi - 2004 - 506 pages
...thousand demigods on golden seats" (I.794), "their visage and their stature as of gods" (I1.570). Satan "...in shape and gesture proudly eminent /Stood like a tower; his form had yet not lost / All its original brightness, nor appeared / Less than archangel ruined" (II. 590-3).... | |
 | Matthew S. Buckley - 2006 - 222 pages
...facsimile edition (Oxford: Woodstock, 1991). 23. Roe (207) offers in support Milton's portrait of Satan: above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent...had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared I .ess than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured . . . 24. See I..iii, Casca's... | |
 | Philip Shaw - 2006 - 192 pages
...illustrate this point, Burke focuses his attention on the portrait of Satan in Milton's Paradise Lost: 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 ruin'd, and th'excess Of... | |
 | Jennifer Davis Michael - 2006 - 252 pages
...urban wasteland with elements of Milton's Hell as well as his elegiac references to Satan's beauty: 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... | |
 | Edoardo Crisafulli - 2003 - 364 pages
...portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject". Burke then quotes from Paradise \j>st: 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 ruin'd, and th'excess Of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 2008 - 574 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 Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and th' excess Of... | |
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