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" 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... "
The anniversary calendar, natal book, and universal mirror - Page xxvii
by Anniversary calendar - 1832
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, Volume 1

John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...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,...seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster moving onward came as fast With horrid strides;...
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Paradise lost, a poem

John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd ; For each seem'd either; black it stood as Night, 670 Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook...seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan lviis now at hand : and from his seat The monster, moving onward, came as fast 6?5 With horrid...
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Report of the Proceedings Before the House of Lords, on a Bill of ..., Volume 2

Joseph Nightingale - Great Britain - 1821 - 646 pages
...call'd — And such, your lordships will admit, " — Thai shadow seem'd, " For each seem'd either.• What seem'd his head, " The likeness of a KINGLY CROwN had on." Yt t under this shape, this " airy nothing" — and I know not whether it be one, or either, or neither,...
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Statistical Account of Upper Canada, Volume 2

Ontario - 1822 - 874 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, Wilh wide Cerberean mouths full loud, and rung...
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Letters from Paris, on the Causes and Consequences of the French Revolution

William Clarke Somerville - France - 1822 - 412 pages
...distinguishable but more ghastly substance of jacobinism, which like the other shape of death, stood "black as night, fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, and shook a dreadful dart." It was in vain that words of reconciliation and peace proceeded from the throne; it was in vain that...
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Statistical Account of Upper Canada, Volume 2

Ontario - 1822 - 874 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 heli, And shook adreadfiil dart: what seemed his Iic-ad Tbe likeness of a kingly crown had on, With...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 332 pages
...conclude it, the prototype may, perhaps, be found in Milton's sublime description of Death : — - black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell." If, howerer, Day have imitated, it must be owned that he has imitated like a man of genius. " Fallen,...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1822 - 762 pages
...member, joint, or limb, — Or substance might be called, that shadow seemM ; For each seem'd either — what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on." If I could see it, I might interrogate it, and bring out of its own mouth — if moutli it had— who...
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An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the ..., Volume 1

Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 716 pages
...might be call'd that shape had none, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies,...seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on." These figures are strongly marked, and the resemblance of their characters to their effects produced...
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A Critical Dissertation on the Nature and Principles of Taste, Volume 1

Martin MACDERMOT, Martin M'Dermot - Aesthetics - 1823 - 434 pages
...seem'd either. Black he stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a deadly dart. What seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. I doubt whether human genius could array the king of terrors in more suitable drapery. Yet it is evident,...
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