...Commander: he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness; nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams :...

...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,...

...and was unwilling to descend. The description of Satan is unrivalled in the annals of poetry — " he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent,...had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured. As when the sun, new risen,...

...revealingly upon the lines: Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observed Their dread commander: he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. . . ." It must, indeed, be confessed, that there is in his whole deportment a natural dignity. . ....

...» (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,...

...substance, gently rais'd Thir fainting courage, and dispel'd thir fears. (Bk. I, 1. 527-530) 57 Thir dread o Lip it murmured — "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,...had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than Archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured . . . . . . Darkened so, yet...

...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...