...TICKLER. " Oh no ! we never mention him." NORTH. Name — Name. ...• . . , TICKLER, s 4 ' , • — He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. . . . NORTH. Thank ye — Well, I don't doubt Talleyrand among the Whigs has been almost as much at...

...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of the infernal host : • He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than an archangel ruined ; and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new risen, Looks through the...

...Fontarabbia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost Tous n'attendent qu'un signe ; et le roi des enfers, D'un coup d'œil plus percant, plus...

...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of his infernal hosts. -he, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower; li is form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Leas than Archangel rain'd, and...

...upright young lady in the establishment, a very drill-sergeant in petticoats. But though Miss Fairfax' " above the rest in shape and gesture, proudly eminent, stood like a tower," it could not be concealed from the eye of the penetrating observer that her bust did not equal that...

...head shaken, is the effect of his nod, and makes a happy picturesque circumstance in the description.* -He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly...had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Leu than archangel ruiu'd ; and the excess Of glory obscur'd: as when the sun new risen, Looks...

...princely dignities, And powers that erst in heaven sat on thrones," he thus depicts their leader: — " He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and the' excess Of glory ' obscured." Paradise Lost, book i. In...

...dignities, And powers that erst in heaven sat on thrones," he thus depicts their leader : — " He, ahove the rest. In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood...had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd • Less than archangel ruin'd, and the' excess Of glory' obscured." Paradise Lost, book i....

...midst of this multiplicity of great events, it is evident that the Reformation was the greatest : this, Above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. As it fastened its name, so did it stamp its character, upon the epoch. What is that character ? What...

...one of Milton, wherein he gives tin: portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject : He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a timer ; hut form hud yet not labt All her original brightness, nor anncar'il Less than arc/ian^tlruind,...