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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 shook... "
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 105
by Edmund Burke - 1806
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With the Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...seem'd either; black it stood as night, 679 Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what 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 67$ With horrid...
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Paradise lost, a poem

John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...seem'd either; black it stood as Night, 670 Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what 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 - 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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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

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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A Critical Dissertation on the Nature and Principles of Taste

Martin M'Dermot, Martin MacDermot - 1823 - 438 pages
...Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd ; For each seem'd either. Black he stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook...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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An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the ..., Volume 1

Lindley Murray - 1823 - 716 pages
...seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart : what 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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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...colouring, he has finished the portrait of the King of terrors : The other shape &c. See v. 666 — 673. In this description all is dark, uncertain, confused, terrible, and sublime to the last degree. Burke on the Sublime and Beautiful, part ii. sect. S. 670. — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...sect. 3. 670. —black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what 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 675 With horrid strides,...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Ibid. Death Grinn'd horrible a ghastly smile, to hear His famine should be fill'd, and blest his maw...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton ...

John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...either:) black it stood as night. Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, 671 And shook a dreadful dart : what 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 675 With horrid strides:...
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