 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,...  Eclectic and Congregational Review - Page 4761860Full view - About this book
 | John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1841 - 702 pages
...name to call it, nor in what terms to describe it: — 1791. A shape, " If shape it might be called, that shape had none " Distinguishable in member, 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,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...witches, while the laboring moon Eclipses at their charms. The other shape, If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint,...called that shadow seemed ; For each seemed either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...to dance With Lapland witches, while the labouring moon Eclipses at their charms. The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none, Distinguishable...in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seemed either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten Furies,... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 pages
...to dance With Lapland witches, while the laboring moon Eclipses at their charms. 6. The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable...in member, 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,... | |
 | David Quint - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 448 pages
...(649) of Hell. It is Death who is a "shapelesse shape": The other shape, If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint,...called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either; (PL 2.666-70) while Sin takes on the more specific description of Fletcher's Sin, the dissembled woman's... | |
 | Linda Marie-Gelsomina Zerilli - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 236 pages
...the following "description of Death" from Paradise Lost: The other shape, If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable, in member, joint,...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... | |
 | Andrew Ashfield, Peter de Bolla - Literary Collections - 1996 - 332 pages
...colouring he has finished the portrait of the king of terrors. The other shape, If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable, in member, joint,...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... | |
 | Geraldine Friedman - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 300 pages
...had intrencht" (Paradise Lost, 1.599-601), and to the shapeless shape of Death: "The other shape, / If shape it might be call'd that shape had none / Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb" (Paradise Lost, 2.666-68), both of which are figures of sedition. Bewell notes that being "shaped and... | |
 | Daniel Albright - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 324 pages
...indeterminacies - Burke cites Milton's description of Death in Paradise Last (1674): The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as Night. (2.666-7o) Shelley's Demogorgon,... | |
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