Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe,... Elements of Criticism - Page 121by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816Full view - About this book
| 1852 - 874 pages
...where the fiend Saw, undelighted, all delight, all kind Of living creatures, new to sight, and strange. 1 A . * honor clad In naked majesty, seem'd lords of all : And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...died for love of it was neither improbable nor singular." LESSON XXI. Adam and Eve. — MILTON. 1. Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honor clad, In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed ; for in their looks divine The... | |
| Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 pages
...upon them with all that astonishment, and tbosf emotions of envy, in which he is represented. — " Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, God-like erect...In naked majesty, seem'd lords of all ; And worthy feem'd : for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1853 - 542 pages
...same accent, as well as an equal division of every line; which fatigue the ear without intermission or change. I cannot set this matter in a better light,...presenting to the reader a French translation of the follow-- \ng passage of Milton : In naked majesty, seem'd lords of all : And worthy seem'd ; lor in... | |
| John Milton - 1853 - 322 pages
...where the fiend sss Saw undelighted all delight, all kind Of living creatures new to sight and strange. Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect,...honour clad In naked majesty, seem'd lords of all> 290 And worthy seem'd : for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom,... | |
| 1853 - 560 pages
...are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. GOLDSMITH.— [From " The Deserted Village."] in f Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty, seemed lords of all. And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...this bright light With fire that never dies. OUB FIBST PABENTS. A passage from MILTON'S Faradite Lost. Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty, seemed lords of all ; And worthy seemed : for in their looks divine, The image of their glorious Maker... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 698 pages
...gaze upon them with all that astonishment, and those emotions of envy, in which he is represented. Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, God-like...In naked majesty seem'd lords of all ; And worthy scem'd, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 726 pages
...gaze upon them with all that astonishment, and those emotions of envy, in which he is represented. Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, God-like...In naked majesty seem'd lords of all ; And worthy 8cem'd, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude,... | |
| John Milton - 1854 - 534 pages
...fiend 285 Saw, undelighted, all delight, — all kind Of living creatures, new to sight and strange. Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, — Godlike erect, with native honour clad 1 Enna, where Proserpine, &c. — Eana, a city in Sicily, the principal seat of the worship of Ceres,... | |
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