Diftinguifhable in member, joynt, or limb, Or fubftance might be call'd that fhadow feem'd, For each feem'd either ; black it flood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And fhook a dreadful Dart ; what feem'd his head The likenefs of a Kingly... The British Critic: A New Review - Sivu 5631806Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| Edmund Burke - 1798 - 350 sivua
...eachfeemd either ; black hejlood as night; Fierce as ten furies; terrible as hell; Andjhook a deadly dart. What feemd his head The likenefs of a kingly crown had on. In this defcription all is dark, uncertain, confufed, terrible, and fublime to the laft degree. -Sublime... | |
| 1806 - 738 sivua
...For each feemed either : black it ftood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And {hook a dreadful dart. What feem'd his head, The likenefs...We are not, however, fo clear as this author, that Bonaparte's " political inftitutions will -furvive his perfonal exiftence :'• for we have no conception... | |
| 1806 - 740 sivua
...limb : Or fubrtance might be called, that fhadow fdemcd : For each feemed either : black it ftood at night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And fhook a dreadful dart. What feem'd his head, The likencfs of a kingly crown had on ." We are not, however, fo clear as this author, that Bonaparte's"... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1807 - 588 sivua
...Diftinguifhable in member, joint, or limb ; Or fubftance might be call'd that fhadow feem'd, For each feem'd either ; black it flood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And fhook a dreadful dan. Paradife Loft, took ii. /. 665, Now fiorming fury rofe, And clamour fuch as heard in heaven till... | |
| John Milton - 1809 - 518 sivua
...fliadow feem'd,] So Sackvillu defcribes Famine, Induct. Mir. fur Mag, 1610, p. 265. For each feem'd either; black it flood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, 671 And fliook a dreadful dart; what feem'd his head The likenefs of a kingly crown had on. Satan was... | |
| Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1843 - 554 sivua
...Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or eubstance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either ; black it flood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seemed his head, The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Stttan was now... | |
| John Milton, John Mitford - 1851 - 464 sivua
...feem'd, For each feem'd either; black it ftood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, 671 And fhook a dreadful Dart; what feem'd his head The likenefs of a Kingly Crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his feat The Monfter moving onward came as faft, With horrid ftrides,... | |
| John Milton, John Mitford - 1851 - 450 sivua
...feem'd, For each feem'd either; black it ftood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, 671 And fhook a dreadful Dart; what feem'd his head The likenefs of a Kingly Crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his feat The Monfter moving onward came as faft, With horrid ftrides,... | |
| Samuel Phillips Day - 1855 - 332 sivua
...Company did until the order became alike the terror of civilized and femi-barbarous nations : — " Black it flood as night— Fierce as ten furies — terrible as hell ! " " There is not," remarks the hiftorian,* " in the annals of mankind any example of fuch a perfedt... | |
| Samuel Phillips Day - 1855 - 320 sivua
...Company did until the order became alike the terror of civilized and femi-barbarous nations : — " Black it flood as night — Fierce as ten furies — terrible as hell ! " " There is not," remarks the hiftorian,* " in the annals of mankind any example of fuch a perfedt... | |
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