...for instance, the following noted description of Satan after his fall, appearing at the head of his infernal hosts : -He, above the rest In shape and...Stood like a tower; his form had not yet lost All her eriginisl brightness, norappesr'd Less than an archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscur'd;...

...lash." This portrait of monkish superstition does not equal the grandeur of Milton's description. " His form had not yet lost All her original brightness,...Less than archangel ruin'd and the excess Of glory obscured." Milton has got rid of the horns and tail, the vulgar and physical insignia of the devil,...

...account, and the poet has followed it. We may safely retain such passages as that well-known one — in, Cradock, and Joy obscur' d — for the theory, which is opposed to them, " falls flat upon the grunsel edge, and shames...

...lash." This portrait of monkish superstition does not equal the grandeur of Milton's description. " His form had not yet lost All her original brightness,...Less than archangel ruin'd and the excess Of glory obscured." Milton has got rid of the horns and tail, the vulgar and physical insignia of the devil,...

...Their dread commander: he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, 5QO Stood like a tow'r, his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory' obscur'd ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horiaontal misty air,...

...Fontarabbia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observed Their dread 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...

...lash." This portrait of monkish superstition does not equal the grandeur of Milton's description. " His form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruiu'd and the excess Of glory obscured." Milton has got rid of the horns and tail, the vulgar and...

...voragine profonda S'apre la bocca d'atro sangue immonda. Such images are far beneath Milton's Satan, who above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruined ; and th' excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun new ris'n Looks through the horizontal...

...an example, the following noted description of tsatan, after bis fall, appearing at the head of the infernal hosts : ' He, above the rest, In shape and...Stood like a tower ; his form had not yet lost All its original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruined ; and the excess Of glory obscur'd...

...an example, the following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing; at the head of the infernal hosts : • He, above the rest, In shape...Stood like a tower ; his form had not yet lost All its original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruined ; and the excess Of glory obscur'd...