Satan except, none higher sat, with grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seemed A pillar of state : deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat and public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin : sage he stood, With... Treasury of Choice Quotations - Pagina 135di Treasury - 1869 - 458 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| John Milton - 1843 - 444 pagine
...perceived, than whom, Satan except, none higher sat, with grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seem'd A pillar of state ; deep on his front engraven Deliberation...attention still as night, Or summer's noontide air, while thus he spake: "Thrones, and imperial powers, offspring of heaven, Ethereal virtues ! or these... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1843 - 592 pagine
...Mais sur l'enfer il étendra son empire, et ¡I nous - gouvernera ici avec un sceptre de fer, comme And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic...attention , still as night Or summer's noontide air, while thus he spake : « Thrones and imperial Powers, Offspring of Heaven, Ethereal virtues; or these... | |
| 1843 - 592 pagine
...of a grandeur by which we are spell-bound and bewildered. Beelzebub is a grand personification — " His face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin ; sage...look Drew audience and attention, still as night, What powers of imagination does Milton discover in his picture of the horrid form which guarded the... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pagine
...perceiv'd, than whom Satan except, none higher sat, with grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seem'd nt, which is to pass for good. Oh blind to truth,...Who sees and follows that great scheme the best, Bes Atlantcan shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies ; his look Drew audience and attention... | |
| 1844 - 834 pagine
...from the noblest poet of the world. " Deep on his front engraven, Deliberation sat, and public care. Sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear...attention, still as night, Or summer's noontide air." ¡ THE WEEK OF Ail EMPEROR. THE week ending the 8th of June, was the most brilliant that ever occupied... | |
| Malachi Mouldy (pseud.) - 1844 - 302 pagine
...scarlet, with the deep border of embroidered purple and gold, called the laticlave. He looked indeed like a ' pillar of state;' — Deep on his front engraven,...And princely counsel in his face yet shone Majestic. MILTON. By his side sat the affectionate Paulina, who proved herself, as ready to share his death,... | |
| George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 pagine
...his greatest follower, the potent and daring Beelzebub, " Than whom, Satan except, none higher sat. With grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seemed A pillar of state. Deep on his front engraved Deliberation sat, and public care. And princely council in hie face yet shone, Majestic though... | |
| Asa Mahan - 1845 - 348 pagine
...suggestion of the Fancy. Again : " Which when Beelzebub perceived, than whom Satan except, none higher sat, with grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seemed...attention, still as night, Or summer's noon-tide air, while thus he spake." The operation distinct and separate of the two faculties under consideration,... | |
| Walter Savage Landor - 1846 - 700 pagine
...such a sentence. V. 299. Which when Beelzebub perceived (than whom, Satan except, none higher sat) with grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seemed...shoulders, fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies. Often and often have these verses been quoted, without a suspicion how strangely the corporeal is substituted... | |
| Walter Savage Landor - 1846 - 704 pagine
...such a sentence. T. 299. Which when Beelzebub perceived (than whom, Satan except, none higher eat) with grave Aspect he rose, and In his rising seemed...of state. Deep on his front engraven Deliberation eat and public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shone Majestic, though in ruin : sago he... | |
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