 | John Milton - 1854 - 534 pages
...53 Which when Beelzebub perceived, than whom, Satan except, none higher sat, with grave 300 A sprat he rose, and in his rising seemed A pillar of state...yet shone, Majestic though in ruin : sage he stood, 305 With Atlanteau1 shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies : his look Drew audience... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 564 pages
...emulation opposite to heaven. Which when Beelzebub perceived, than whom Satan except, none higher sat, with grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seemed...attention still as night Or summer's noontide air, while thus he spake : " Thrones and imperial powers, offspring of heaven, Ethereal virtues ; or these... | |
 | 1909 - 502 pages
...opposite to Heaven. Which when Beelzebub perceived — than whom, Satan except, none higher sat — with grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seemed...public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shon, Majestic, though in ruin. Sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight of... | |
 | Basil Williams - 1966 - 440 pages
...helpless lethargy. 1 Doniol, i, 68-9. * Fitzmaurice, Shelburne, i, 485. CHAPTER XXV THE LAST STAGE Sage be stood With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight...his look Drew audience and attention still as night. MILTON, Paradise Lost, it, 305. Two years had passed, years fateful for the English dominions and for... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1868 - 366 pages
...well-worn Latin formulary with an attention that would have honored the lips and the language of Cicero. " Sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear...attention still as night, Or summer's noontide air." It is this attitude which the college has wisely chosen to commit to canvas, to teach the stranger... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 pages
...Front engraven Deliberation sat and publick care; And Princely counsel in his face yet shon, Majestick though in ruin: sage he stood With Atlantean shoulders...look Drew audience and attention still as Night Or Summers Noon-tide air, while thus he spake. [2.302-09] So Milton encourages our admiration and our... | |
 | Carl Dahlhaus, Ruth Katz - 454 pages
...state of exertion, which hath a mixture of pain, we feel the sweet relief of a gradual relaxation: He stood With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The...and attention still as night Or summer's noon-tide air.16 From the tenor of these examples it appears, that pleasure is not, as some have imagined, the... | |
 | Manfred Görlach - 1991 - 492 pages
...And Princely counsel in his face yet shon, Majestick though in ruin: sage he stood 80 With Atlantcan shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest Monarchies;...look Drew audience and attention still as Night Or Summers Noon-tide air, while thus he spake... ON THE HISTORY OF THE PERIOD AND ITS CULTURE 35 J. FROISSART... | |
 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 pages
...Heaven. Which when Beelzebub274 perceived - than whom, Satan except, none higher sat - with grave 300 Aspect he rose, and in his rising seemed A pillar...shone, Majestic, though in ruin: sage he stood, With Adantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies; his look Drew audience and attention... | |
 | Robert Thomas Fallon - 1995 - 216 pages
...he is yet another demonic figure whom Milton endows, as he has Satan, with statesmanlike qualities: deep on his Front engraven Deliberation sat and public...shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest Monarchies. (2:302-7) It was in this same vein that Cromwell addressed Cardinal Mazarin in one of Milton's letters... | |
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Satan except, none higher sat, with grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seemed A pillar of state : deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat and public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin : sage he stood, With... 
