 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...Or substance might be call'd that shadow seemM, For each seem'd either; black it stood as Night, 6;o Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a. dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The... | |
 | Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...represented his image terrible, but loathsome and nauseous. On Of Death he says, black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart. • But Milton's judiciousness in selecting such circurflstances as tend to raise a just and natural... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1811 - 702 pages
...limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. But if Death has in the main been abused, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as Night, 670 Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd hii head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - Death - 1803 - 68 pages
...appropriation of our great bard's description of the same object : . • - black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart : what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. vii In the employment of Sin, pointing and envenoming... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 526 pages
...substance might be call'd that shadow scem'd, For each seeni'd either; black it stood as night, pierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seeni'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on." These figures are strongly marked, and the... | |
 | Manual - Essays - 1809 - 324 pages
...; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd; For each seem'd either; black it stood as night; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell ; And shook a dreadful dart. What seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. In this description all is dark, uncertain,... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The... | |
 | 1811 - 550 pages
...emancipation from all the ties of justice, ho^ iirmr, aad humanity — — - — black he stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seemed his head The likeness <if a kingly crown had on. Dreadful, indeed, have been the individual instances of cruelty,... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd ; For each seem'd either; black it stood as night, 679 Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand ; and from his seat The... | |
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The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either: black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And... 
