...is a complete comment upon the words of Tacitus : " He spake, and, to confirm his words, outftew " Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs...Against the Highest, and, fierce with grasped arms, 102 " Clash' d on their sounding shields the din of war, " Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven,"...

...gratified with the passage in question ; I quote it, therefore, for jour reflection and amusement — He spake : and, to confirm his words, out flew Millions...drawn from the thighs Of mighty Cherubim : the sudden hlaze Far round illumin'd Hell !" The two principal orators of the present age (and one of them, perhaps,...

...description of it, as used by the rebel angels after then* leader's speech for the renewing of the war : He spake : And to confirm his words, out flew Millions...of flaming swords, drawn, from the thighs Of mighty chcrubkns ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined hell : Highly they rag'd Against the Highest, and...

...describing Satan in Hell, says, With head uplift above the wave, and eye That sparkling blaz'd !— " — He spake : and to confirm his words out flew Millions...of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubims. The sudden Maze Far round illmniiid Hell — There are certain words in every language particularly...

...commencing an engagement, violently clashed their arms together. MiltQti makes a happy use of this idea. He spake, and, to confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thigh Of mighty cherubim. The sudden blaze Far round illumin'd hell : highly they raged Against the...

...comment upon the words of Tacitus : " He spake, and, to confirm his words, outflew " Millions ofßaming swords, drawn from the thighs " Of mighty Cherubim: the sudden blaze " Far round illumm'd Hell : highly they rag'd Against the Highest, and, fierce with grasped arms, " Clash'd on...

...despair'd ; 060 For who can think submission? War then, war, Open or understood, must be resolv'd." He spake: and, to confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming* swords drawn tVo ,1 the thighs Of mighty cherubim ; the sudden hlaze 6Cfi Far round illumiii'd Hell : highly they...

...spectator ; and it is the manner of description that contributes greatly to the sublimity of the passage. He spake ; and to confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of niu;hty cheruhim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumin'd hell : highly they rag'd Against the Highest,...

...insult." Milton gives us the following sublime conception : " He spake, and to confirm his words, out flow Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim ; the sudden blaze far round illumined hell." And Mr. Soutbey, with more sublimity than the former, and not much less than the Inner,...

...uplift above the wave, and eye That sparkling blazed!— He spake: and to confirm his words outflew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim. The sudden blaze Far round illumined hell— There are certain words in every language particularly adapted to the poetical expression:...