| John Milton - 1767 - 448 pages
...th' excefs Of glory' obfcur'd : as when the fun new rifen Looks through the horizontal mifty air 595 Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon, In dim...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd fo, yet fhone Above them all th' archangel : but his face 6oo Deep fears of thunder... | |
| John Milton - 1767 - 376 pages
...than arch-angel ruin'd, and the excefs Of glory obi "cur'd : as when the fun new ris'n, Looks through the horizontal mifty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclips difaftrous twilight (heds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarch?. Darken'd... | |
| Thomas Gibbons - English language - 1767 - 540 pages
...than arch-angel ruin'd, and th' excefs Of glory obfcur'd ; as when the fun new ris'n, Looks through the horizontal mifty air, Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon In dim cclipfe difaftrous twilight fheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs ;... | |
| Edmund Burke - Aesthetics - 1767 - 368 pages
...ruin'd, and th' txcefs Of glory olfcur'd: as when the fun new rii-n Looks through the horizontal mifly air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon In dim eclipfe difajlrous twilight Jheds On half the nations \ and with fear of changt Perplexes manarchs. Here is... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1772 - 398 pages
...obfcur'd : as when the fun new-rifen Looks through the horizontal mifty air Shorn of his beams ; or fiom behind the moon In dim eclipfe, difaftrous twilight...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Milttn, b. I. As when a vulture on Imaus bred, VVhofe ftiowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds,... | |
| Richard Hurd - Antichrist - 1773 - 254 pages
...writer; and another by Artemidorus, an Ephefian, * [£] Hence, the allufion of our great poet, — or from behind the moon In dim eclipfe difaftrous...twilight fheds On half the nations, and with fear of cbange Perplexes monarcb f — P, L, i. 596. 94 foe Pfop&etie Style twftdefed, . T • • *r * * who... | |
| Lord James Burnett Monboddo - Language and languages - 1774 - 614 pages
...Lefs than Archangel ruin'd, and th' excefs Of glory obfcur'd : As when the fun new-rifen Looks through the horizontal mifty air, Shorn of his beams ; or...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs : darken'd fo, yet fhone Above them all the Archangel. a • • Where, among other things,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 328 pages
...Lefsthan Archangel ruin'd, and th Excefs Of Glory obfcur'd ; as when the Sun new ris'n Looks through the horizontal mifty Air Shorn of his Beams : or from...half the Nations ; and with Fear of Change Perplexes Monarchs. He could never give an Idea of the Wonderful Stature, nor could he compare him with a Tower,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 332 pages
...than Archangel ruin'd, and th' Excefs Of Glory obfcur'd ; as when the Sun new ris'rt Looks through the horizontal mifty Air Shorn of his Beams : or from behind the Moon In dim Eclipfe difaflrous Twilight fheds . On Half the Nations ; and with Fear of Change Perplexes Monarchs. He could... | |
| Edmund Burke - Aesthetics - 1776 - 368 pages
...rutn'd, and tV Of glory obfcur'd : as when the fun. nfw ris'n Loots through the horizontal m\ftyair ^bora of his beams ; or from behind the moon In dim eclipfe difaftrous twilight /beds On half the nations ; and with fear of change ferflexei mysarchf* Here is a very noble picture.;... | |
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