...nor appear'd Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the Sun new-ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his...Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' Arch- Angel, This This is not onfy an apposite and a highly-elevated Similie,but a description,...

...of the first Book of " Para" dise Lost," where he describes the sun, ** from behind the moon beheld In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarclis." n De Thou, p. 134.; vol. xp 115 and p. 667. ° La Noue, p. 8 — n. f De Thou, vol. vii....

..." Paraif dise Lost," where he describes the sun, i 11 produced t « from behind the moon beheld la dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarch?." " De Thou, p. 134.; yol.xp»i5 andp.667. 8 La Noue, p. 8—11. * De Thou, vol. vii. p. 593-...

...appear'd Less than archangel ruiuM ; and tin- excess Or glory obscurM : as when the sun, new risen, L»oks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams...sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Verplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' archangel Here concur a variety of sources...

...the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind tile moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. .LCONVERSATION XXXVIT. Of the Tides. TUTOR. We will proceed to the constderation of the ides, or the...

...of the licenser,* who among other trivial objections suspected treason in the noble simile, I. 594 : As when the sun new-risen Looks through the horizontal...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.' This grand production of genius, which does honour to human nature, having at length surmounted these...

...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 188 •••!.< - • Deep scars...

...fancied treason in the following noble simile: As when the sun new-risen Looks through the hopizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchr. Having overcome this obstacle, Milton sold the cop/right for five pounds ready money, five...

...in the Paradise Lost. "As when the sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of hig beams, or from behind the moon In dim eclipse disastrous...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs : darkened so, yet shone Above them all th' Arch-Angel." In China, where astronomy is made subservient...

...horizontal misty air Shorn of !iis beams ; or from behind the moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilights sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Stilton, ij As when a vulture on Imaus bred, Whose snowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds, Dislodging...