 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 shook...  A philosophical enquiry [&c.]. - Seite 54von Edmund Burke - 1827Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 Seiten
...Distinguishable, in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed ; For each seemed either ; black he stood as night ; Fierce as ten furies...; terrible as hell ; And shook a deadly dart. What seemed bis head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. In this description all is dark, uncertain,... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 Seiten
...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 monster moving onward came as fast With horrid strides,... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 Seiten
...either ; black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, 671 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 monster moving onward, came as fast 675 With horrid strides,... | |
 | Longinus - 1800 - 238 Seiten
...He has not 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... | |
 | 1811 - 702 Seiten
...called, that shadow seemed, Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; For each seemed cither; black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as hell, And shook a deadly dart; what seemed Ids head The likeness of a kingly cromi hiiii on. As an evidence how well Edmund Burke understood... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - 1803 - 68 Seiten
...Terrors, is a • just 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... | |
 | 1828 - 590 Seiten
...seem'd either ; hlack it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrihle 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 monster, moving onward, came as fast With horrid strides... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 Seiten
...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 shook a dreadful dart. What seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. In this description all... | |
 | Sir Uvedale Price - 1810 - 444 Seiten
...joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called, which shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as...seem'd his head, The likeness of a kingly crown had on. The union of deformity with beauty, is, from the contrast, more striking than any other ; but it is... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 Seiten
...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 shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and... | |
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