 The other shape, If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either : black it stood as night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as hell, And...  The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke - Page 133by Edmund Burke - 2008 - 572 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pages
...member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed ; For each seemed either ; black he stood as night ; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell ; And shook a deadly dart. What seemed bis head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. In this description all is dark, uncertain, confused,... | |
 | Longinus - 1800 - 238 pages
...He has not represented his image terrible, but loathsome and nauseous. On Of Death he says, black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart. • But Milton's judiciousness in selecting such circurflstances as tend to raise a... | |
 | 1811 - 702 pages
...called, that shadow seemed, Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; For each seemed cither; black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as hell, And shook a deadly dart; what seemed Ids head The likeness of a kingly cromi hiiii on. As an evidence how well Edmund Burke understood the... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - 1803 - 68 pages
...Terrors, is a • just appropriation of our great bard's description of the same object : . • - 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. vii In the employment of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1806 - 520 pages
...substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd ; For each seem'd either ,• black he stood as night s Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell / And shook a deadly dart. What seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. In this description all is dark, uncertain,... | |
 | 1806 - 550 pages
...night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, . • • • . ' ' ,• V - And shook, a. dreadful dart. What seemed his head, The likeness of a kingly crown had on." Th 'tfur 'apprehension, Shakespear, in this case, had a more prophetic spirit of anticipation, than... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 pages
...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 a dreadful dart. What seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. In this description all... | |
 | Sir Uvedale Price - 1810 - 444 pages
...joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called, which shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a deadly dart ; what seem'd his head, The likeness of a kingly crown had on. The union of deformity with beauty, is, from... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1810 - 392 pages
...joint , or limb , Or substance might be rail 'd thaï shadow seem'd , For each seem'd either; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadfuldart; what seem'd his head , The likunrss of a kingly crown had on. Par. Lost. II, 666. XIIIe.... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...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 a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and... | |
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