...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of his infernal hosts. -he, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower; li is form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Leas than Archangel rain'd, and...

...upright young lady in the establishment, a very drill-sergeant in petticoats. But though Miss Fairfax' " above the rest in shape and gesture, proudly eminent, stood like a tower," it could not be concealed from the eye of the penetrating observer that her bust did not equal that...

...princely dignities, And powers that erst in heaven sat on thrones," he thus depicts their leader: — " He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and the' excess Of glory ' obscured." Paradise Lost, book i. In...

...head shaken, is the effect of his nod, and makes a happy picturesque circumstance in the description.* -He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly...had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Leu than archangel ruiu'd ; and the excess Of glory obscur'd: as when the sun new risen, Looks...

...dignities, And powers that erst in heaven sat on thrones," he thus depicts their leader : — " He, ahove the rest. In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood...had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd • Less than archangel ruin'd, and the' excess Of glory' obscured." Paradise Lost, book i....

...midst of this multiplicity of great events, it is evident that the Reformation was the greatest : this, Above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. As it fastened its name, so did it stamp its character, upon the epoch. What is that character ? What...

...one of Milton, wherein he gives tin: portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject : He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a timer ; hut form hud yet not labt All her original brightness, nor anncar'il Less than arc/ian^tlruind,...

...and was unwilling to descend. The description of Satan is unrivalled in the annals of poetry — " he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured. As when the sun, new risen, Looks through...

...celebrated one of Milton, wherein he gives the portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject: yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of...

...singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke: such resting found the sole Of unblessed feet." -" he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of...