 Less than archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear...  Paradise lost, a poem - Page 18by John Milton - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1823 - 446 pages
...and th' excess Of glory obscur'd: as when the sun new ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon In dim...disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations ; and withfear of change Perplexes monarchs. Here is a very noble picture ; and in what does this poetical... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...and th' excess Of glory obscur'd ; as when the sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air rvicpz / Deep scars of thunder had entrench'd, and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...first book of the Paradise Lost : — As when the Sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams, or from behind the Moon In dim...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. And again in Lycidas, in allusion to the ill luck of things done during eclipses : — It was that... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...and of the last feet! and yet Tasso hath so judgment by Michael Angelo. described hirn, cant. iv. The On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes...monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' Arch- Angel: but his face goo Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd, and care Sat on his faded cheek,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...Arch-Angel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory' obscur'd; as when the sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air 595 Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon In dim eclipse disastrous twilight sheds perhaps had better never have not such sublime ideas as Milton, ostentatious of such reading, as greatest... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1825 - 310 pages
...book of Paradise Lost, line 594: -As when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim...sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Verplexes monarchs. CONVERSATION XXXVII. \ Of the Tides. • Tutor, We will proceed to the consideration... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon In dim...yet shone Above them all th' Archangel; but his face Deep scars of thunder had entrench'd, and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air 595 Shorn of his beams; or from behind the...Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all the Archangel: but his face 6OO Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd; and care Sat on his faded cheek,... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1826 - 338 pages
...treason in the following noble simile : "As when the sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams : or from behind the moon, In dim...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs." This obstacle overcome, Milton sold the copyright for five pounds, ready-money ; to be paid the same... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1826 - 334 pages
...in the following noble simile : " As when the sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams : or from behind the moon, In dim...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes rnonarehs." This obstacle overcome, Milton sold the copy, right for five pounds, ready-money ; to be... | |
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