 Less than archangel ruined, 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...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 108by Edmund Burke - 1806Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - Freedom of the press - 1819 - 464 pages
...belong to that haples race of men, whose misfortune it is to have understanding. Henceforth let " As when the Sun new ris'n " Looks through the horizontal...nations, and with fear of change " Perplexes monarchs." Life, of MILTON, p. 121. Hollis'scdjt. ^,,,11— m"m- "* We should felicitate ourselves, that for Erjglantfs... | |
 | John Milton - Freedom of the press - 1819 - 484 pages
...belong to that haples race of men, whose misfortune it is to have understanding. Henceforth let " As when the Sun new ris'n " Looks through the horizontal...half the nations, and with fear of change " Perplexes monarch*." Life of MILTON, p. 121. Hollis's edit. We should felicitate ourselves, that for England's... | |
 | 1829 - 632 pages
...appeared r \ Less than archangel ruined ; and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new-risen, ' Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shono Above them all th' archangel." Besides conciseness and simplicity, strength... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Aesthetics - 1819 - 434 pages
...and th' excess Of glory obscur'd ; as when the sun new-risen Looks through the horizontal misty a<r Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon In dim...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes munarchs. Milton, b. i As when a vulture on Imaus bred, Whose snowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1819 - 550 pages
...appeared Less. than archangel ruined; 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, disasterous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - Irish in literature - 1819 - 298 pages
...sun new risen. Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of its beams ; or from behind the raoori In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs." T " Perplex a monarch !'" exclaimed Mr. Crawley, inarticulate from vehemence. " Och ! the thief of... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Aesthetics - 1819 - 458 pages
...the sun new-risen Looks through the horizontal misty a;r Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moan In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. ' . Milton, b. i, As when a vulture on Imaus bred, Whose snowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds, Dislodging... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1820 - 418 pages
...nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and th' excess Of glory obscured. As when the sun new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs ; darkened so, yet shone Above them all th' archangel ; but his face Deep scars of thunder had entrenched,... | |
 | Clay Daniel - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 194 pages
...pride, and hard'ning in his strength / Glories" (2.571-73) as he "stood like a Tow'r" (2.591). Yet, as the sun "new ris'n / Looks through the Horizontal...his beams, or from behind the Moon / In dim Eclipse" (594-97), Satan, despite some stirring of his new-risen phallic motions, has been deprived of his potency.... | |
 | Simon Bainbridge - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 292 pages
...nor appeared Less than archangel mind, and th ' excess Of glory obscured: as when the sun new ris 'n Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his...dim eclipse disastrous twilight sheds On half the nation; and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Here is a very noble picture; and in what does... | |
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