 The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And...  An Abridgment of Elements of Criticism - Page 234by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1831 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1826 - 510 pages
...the portrait of the king of terrours : -The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape bad none Distinguishable, in member, joint, or limb ;...that shadow seem'd ; For each seem'd either ; black he stood as night ; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell ; And shook a deadly dart. What seem'd... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - French literature - 1826 - 378 pages
...uone Distinguishable in membcr , joint , or limb , Or substance might be call'd that shadow secm'd , For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night , Fierce as ten Furies , terrible as hcll , And sliook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his liead , The likeness of a kingly crown had on.... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 242 pages
...while the labouring moon Eclipses at their charms. 5 The other shape, (If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint or limb ; Or substance might be called that ° shadow seemed, For each seemed either,) 7 black it stood as night, 8 Fierce as ten furies,... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1827 - 274 pages
...EXERCISES IN PARSING. LESSON 20. • The other shape, It' shape it might be call'd that shape had none, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For...furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart; — what seem'd his head.. The likeness of a kingly crown had on. When worn with sickness, oft hast... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 574 pages
...sublime, by the imagination being left at liberty to wander into conjectures about it. " The— ehape. If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable...call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; — — — — — -^— What seem'd his head, The likeness of .1 kingly crown had on." Upon a further... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1827 - 194 pages
...expressive uncertainty of strokes and colouring, he has finished the portrait of the king of terrors : The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that...had none Distinguishable .in member, joint, or limb ; Orsubstaace'tnightbe eall'd, thdtshadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black he stood as night.... | |
 | Bible - 1827 - 294 pages
...Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either ; black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 698 pages
...joint, or limb: Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, — For each seemed either ; black he stood as night ; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell ; And shook a deadly dart. What seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.' In this description all is... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 712 pages
...finished the portrait of the king of terrors. ' The other shape, — If shape it might be called, which shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb : Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, — For each seemed either ; black he stood as night ; Fierce as ten furies... | |
 | William Lothian - Bible - 1828 - 580 pages
...the Bed Sea, Milton has amplified the idea in the text, in his cele. brated description of death: " The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that...furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on." ?• • PAR. LOST, b. 2. v. i;t56. •••i5'i.... | |
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