...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,...Less than archangel ruined; and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams; or...

...By 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,...had not yet lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch- Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun, new risen,...

...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...

...» (The Spectator. n° 70. Voir également n° 74). 2. Paradis perdu, 1, 589-99, traduction citée. (...)He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a lower ; hisform had yetnot lost AU her original brightness, norappeared Less than archangel ruin 'd,...

...Sublimity, than that wherein his [Satan's] Person is described in those celebrated Lines" (S 303, 3: 85): he above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a Tow'r; his form had yet not lost All her Original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd,...

...rais'd Thir fainting courage, and dispel'd thir fears. (Bk. I, 1. 527-530) 57 Thir dread commander: rmured — "While you live, Drink! — for, once dead, you never sh Towr; his form had yet not lost All her Original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Arch Angel ruind,...

...Satan, seem to appear in every generation. Here is how Milton describes the heroic Satan of Book I: He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...Archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured . . . . . . Darkened so, yet shone Above them all the archangel; but his face Deep scars of thunder...

...implication.2' Wordsworth also commented upon Knight's analysis of the lines from Paradise Lost which begin: He above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent. Stood like a tower ... (i, This passage was particularly well known because Burke had chosen it as an instance of the...

...worked up to a greater Sublimity, than that wherein his Person is described in those celebrated Lines : He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a Tower, &c. [589-91] His Sentiments are every way answerable to his Character, and suitable to a created Being...

...by its immediate power, and with a sudden effect; as, in the description of Satan in Paradise Lost. He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tow'r. [I, 589-91] A second species of the sublime consists in giving a gradation to imagery. There...