 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 105by Edmund Burke - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1837 - 744 pages
...black he stood as night ; Fierce a$ ten furies ; terrible as hell ; And shook a deadly dart. Wltut they are performed,) he holds his crown in contempt...not a single vote for a king amongst them, either . j SECT. IV. OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLEARNESS AND OBSCURITY WITH REGARD TO THE PASSIONS. t IT is... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 426 pages
...seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook u 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, With horrid strides... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 524 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. Satan was now at hand, and from his seal The monster moving onward came as fast, With horrid strides;... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1838 - 1198 pages
...he stood as night ; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell j And shook a deadly dart. What seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.' In...confused, terrible, and sublime to the last degree." The only quotation worthy to be mentioned along with the passage we have just taken down, is the well-known... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 456 pages
...shook a deadly dart. What seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.' ' The other shape,— In this description all is dark, uncertain, confused, terrible, and sublime to the last degree. The only quotation worthy to be mentioned along with the passage we have just taken down, is the well-known... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1841 - 702 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* . • • • • " A cry of hell-hounds' never-ceasing bark, " With wide Cerberian mouths, full loud,... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 492 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. Satan was now at hand : and from his seat. The monster moving onward came as fast With horrid strides... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1841 - 738 pages
...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*. • • • • " A cry of hell-hounds' never-ceasing bark, " With wide Cerberian mouths, full loud,... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...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. | • SCYLLA, a fabled monster, of whom mention is made in Uie Odyssey. She is said to have twelve... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 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. 7. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster moving onward, came as fast With horrid strides... | |
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