...nor appear'd Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the Sun new-ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' Arch- Angel, This This is not onfy an apposite and a highly-elevated...

...of the first Book of " Para" dise Lost," where he describes the sun, ** from behind the moon beheld In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarclis." n De Thou, p. 134.; vol. xp 115 and p. 667. ° La Noue, p. 8 — n. f De Thou, vol. vii....

..." Paraif dise Lost," where he describes the sun, i 11 produced t « from behind the moon beheld la dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarch?." " De Thou, p. 134.; yol.xp»i5 andp.667. 8 La Noue, p. 8—11. * De Thou, vol. vii. p. 593-...

...sun, new ris'n, . . Looks thro' the horizontal misty ah scious of their vile deeds ; they were afraid Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight shids Oo half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchies *." What notable work these...

...appear'd Less than archangel ruiuM ; and tin- excess Or glory obscurM : as when the sun, new risen, L»oks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams...sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Verplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' archangel Here concur a variety of sources...

...world, which fact is beautifully alluded to by Milton in the 1 st book of Paradise Lost, line 594 : -As when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half tife nations, and with feiir of change I'erplcxes...

...world, which fact is beautifully alluded to by Milton in the 1st book of Paradise Lost, line 594 : -As when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind tile moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes...

...her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and th' excess Of glory obscured. As when the sun new risen, Looks through the horizontal...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs ; darkened so, yet shone Above them all th' archangel : but his face 188 •••!.< - • Deep scars...

...other trivial objections suspected treason in the noble simile, I. 594 : As when the sun new-risen Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.' This grand production of genius, which does honour to human nature, having at length surmounted these...

...fancied treason in the following noble simile: As when the sun new-risen Looks through the hopizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchr. Having overcome this obstacle, Milton sold the cop/right for five pounds ready money, five...