 | Charles John Plumptre - 1876 - 418 pages
...sound of words Then, in despite of brooding, watchful day, I would into thy bosom pour my thoughts. 4. High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone...kings barbaric, pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat. 5. In thoughts from the visions of the night when deep sleep falleth upon men, fear came upon me and... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1877 - 362 pages
...of the Round Table, spent their lives. Satan— Get thee behind me, SATAN— Matthew, xvi. 23. — High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone...exalted sat, by merit rais'd To that bad eminence. — MILTON, Paradise Lost, book ii. 1. 1. — SATAN ; so call him now, his former name Is heard no... | |
 | Henry Varnum Poor - 1878 - 272 pages
...spent a considerable time in Italy, and must have been well read in the works of the great traveler. " High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone...kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat." about the same choice in taking the money as a defenseless traveler has in refusing his, when demanded... | |
 | James De Mille - English language - 1878 - 584 pages
...prominence. The same thing may be seen equally well illustrated in the opening lines of the second book : " High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone...kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat." In ordinary narrative the sentence would begin with the subject, " Satan ;" but here, by this inversion,... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1879 - 216 pages
...heaven. With what difficulty he passes through, directed by Chaos, the power of that place, to this sight of this new world which he sought. HIGH on a...barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit raised 5 To that bad eminence ; and, from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires Beyond thus... | |
 | John Milton - 1879 - 218 pages
...heaven. With what difficulty he passes through, directed by Chaos, the power of that place, to this sight of this new world which he sought. HIGH on a...barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit raised 5 To that bad eminence ; and, from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires Beyond thus... | |
 | John Milton - 1879 - 232 pages
...heaven. With what difficulty he passes through, directed by Chaos, the power of that place, to this sight of this new world which he sought. HIGH on a...barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit raised 5 To that bad eminence ; and, from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires Beyond thus... | |
 | John Milton - 1880 - 654 pages
...inclinations lead them, to entertain the time till Satan return. He passes on his journey to Hell-gates ; finds them shut, and who sat there to guard them ;...barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit raised To that bad eminence ; and, from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires Beyond thus... | |
 | John McGovern - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 762 pages
...other than the line with "the light fantastic toe," which has been highly popularized on ball-tickets: High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone...barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat. by merit raised To that bad eminence. It was a custom, when a Persian King was crowned, to powder his head with... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...J. SHAKE Besides, the king's name is a tower of strength. inf Richardlll., Adi, St. 3. SHAKESPEARE. our to raised To that bad eminence. Paradise Lost, Book ii. MlLTOlf. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS — WOMBS. A... | |
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HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit raised To that bad eminence... 
