 | Edmund Burke - 1835 - 652 Seiten
...seem'd either; black he stood as nieht ; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell j And shook a deadly ubstantial existence, are in truth every thing, and all in all. M In this description all is dark, uncertain, confused, terrible, and sublime to the last degree. SECTION... | |
 | Anne Ferry - 1983 - 207 Seiten
...limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each sccm'd cither; black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook...seem'd his head The likeness of a Kingly Crown had on. (II, 666-673) Again the description is of physical qualities. Moral evaluations are implied only through... | |
 | Taylor Corse - 1991 - 164 Seiten
...reader may recall how Milton describes Satan's first encounter with Death: black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful Dart. (PL 2.670-72) Dryden's Alecto also "shakes" and throws "a pois'nous Dart"; this "Dart" is linked by... | |
 | Morton D. Paley - 1999 - 164 Seiten
...Storm Compacted to one Sceptre Arms thy grasp enorm. The Intercepter! — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. (ii. 670-3) As we can see, these eight short... | |
 | Götz Müller - 1996 - 190 Seiten
...seem'd either; black he stood äs night; Fierce äs ten ruries; terrible äs hell; And shook a deadly dart. What seem'd his head, The likeness of a kingly crown had on.33 Die Gestalt ohne erkennbare Glieder wirkt gestalt- und substanzlos, sie gleicht einem Schatten.... | |
 | Theresa M. Kelley - 1997 - 372 Seiten
...each seem'd either; black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook like a dreadful Dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a Kingly Crown had on. (PL 2.648-60, 666-73, PP- 48-49) Sin and Death display the phantasmatic energy that accrues to them... | |
 | Michael A. Morrison - 1999 - 416 Seiten
...republican freedom was, they believed, secure in a rising American empire. — black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand. —John Milton, Paradise... | |
 | David Norbrook - 1999 - 532 Seiten
...strongly emphasized. We recall Satan's first encounter with Death, with the celebrated description: what seem'd his head The likeness of a Kingly Crown had on. (ii.672-3) 67 Hume noted this allusion; Bentley complained that Milton made too much of this causeway,... | |
 | Saul David - 1998 - 508 Seiten
...member, joint or limb, Or substance might be called that shadow seemed; For each seemed either . . . What seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. The King is said to have responded: 'He might have left my shape alone.'41 On 24 October, Denman began... | |
 | David Bromwich - 2001 - 275 Seiten
...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; And shook a dreadful dart; what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Burke relates this description to his chosen... | |
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For each seem'd either: black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. 
