...occupied, and our wonder entirely absorbed, by this superlative object; which, like Milton's Satan, ------- Above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower." * An account of its dimensions and form will afford you the best idea of the impression produced on...

...nounce at once worthy of our admiration, the sublimity of the poet, and the majesty of the fiend. . He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a tow'r ; his form not yet had lost ; All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than arch.angel...

...sentences. Similes in poetry form proper examples for gaining, a habit of lowering the voice. EXAMPLE. He above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tow'r. His form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd...

...a greater sublimity, than that wherein his person is described in those celebrated lines: He, ahovc the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower, &c. His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created being of the...

...up to a greater sublimity, than that «herein bis person is described in those celebrated line,: 4 He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower, Нес.' His sentiments are every way answerable to hicharacter, and suitable to a created being of...

...allow of them all, what our Poet supposes concerning their chief in particular, " His form had not yet lost All its original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscur'd :" If we suppose their outward form was not entirely changed, (though...

...Since first I • How far superior to this is the grand and sublime de•cription of Satan by Milton. " he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower; his form had not yet lost All its orig-'nal brightness, norappear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th* excess Of...

...following noted deseription of Satan, afler his fall, appearing at the head of his infernal hosts : -He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, 'Stood, like a tower ; his form had not vot lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than arehangel ruiu'd, and the e\eess Of...

...voragine profonda S'apre la bocca d'atro sanguc immonda» Such images are far beneath Milton's Satan who above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruined ; and th' excess...

...inimitably grand on the contrary, is his comparison of the Arch-deceiver to Sun eclipsed ! •• i he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tow'r ; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruined,...