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" With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky With hideous ruin and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine* chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms. "
Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... - Page 165
by Hugh Murray - 1805 - 174 pages
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Paradise Lost, and the Fragment of a Commentary upon it by William Cowper

William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...and battle proud, With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from the etherial sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless...In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal meni he with his...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With the Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...proud, "With vain attempt. Him the almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky, 45 With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell Tn adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms. Nine tirm s the space that...
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 1

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 428 pages
...evident than by the following quotations. -Him the almighty power Hurl'd headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky. With hideous ruin and combustion, down...penal fire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms. Paradise Lost, book I. -Now storming fury rose, Ol brazen chariots rag'd ; dire was the noise Of conflict...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 3

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 524 pages
...never before printed.' his chariot of power; hurling the apostate spirits headlong into the gulf ' Of bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine...penal fire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms.' The ' Paradise Regained,' observes Dr. Newton, is very worthy of the author; and, contrary to what...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 81

1857 - 878 pages
...into little compass : — " Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from th' ethereal •Icy, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless...penal fire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms." The thoughts, nay, even the words, are here thrown together with mountain tumult. Music put to such...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - 1819 - 378 pages
...mentions Satan in the beginning of his poem. -Him the almighty Power HuiTd headlong flaming from Hi' ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion down...penal fire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms. We have likewise several noble hints of it in the infernal conference : ' () prince ! O chief of many...
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The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J ..., Volumes 27-34

British essayists - 1819 - 376 pages
...Satan in the beginning of his poem. ' Him the almighty Power HniTd headlong flaming from th, etbereal sky,, With hideous ruin and combustion down To bottomless...penal fire, Who durst defy th, Omnipotent to arms. VOL. XI. N We have likewise several noble hints of it in the infernal conference : ' O prince ! O chief...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...war in Heaven, and battle proud, With vain attempt. Him the Almighty power, Hurl'd headlong naming the Omnipotent to arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men, he with his...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books

John Milton - 1820 - 342 pages
...flaming from the etherial sky, 45' With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, tnere to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms. Aim; times the space that measures day and night 50' To mortal men, he with his horrid crew Lay vanqnish'cl,...
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Paradise lost, a poem

John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...proud, With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from the etherial sky, 45 With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless...penal fire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms. 'Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men, he with his horrid craw 51 Lay vanquish'd,...
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