 Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky With hideous ruin and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine* chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.  The British Essayists - Sida 119redigerad av - 1808Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | José Cadalso - 1781 - 336 sidor
...vain atempt. Him te Almighty Pow'r. Hurl'd headlong flaming from t^ ethereal sky With hideous ru'n and combustion, down to bottomless perdition ; there to dwell in adamantine chains and penal fire, VJbo durt defy th , Omnipotent to arms, De la culpa del hombre inobediente, . C:yel fruto de aquel... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 sidor
...impious war in Heay'n, and battle proud With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong naming from th' ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion,...In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arm*. Nine times the space that measures day and night 59 To mortal men, he with... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 260 sidor
...Hurl'd headlong rUming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and comhustion, down To hottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and...penal fire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms. The poet never mentions any thing of this hattle hut in .tuch images of greatness and terror as are... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 sidor
...possible, above himself. Thus where he mentions Satan in the beginning of hisPoem, 1.44, &c. — — — Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from...penal fire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms. We have likewise several noble hints of it in the infernal conference, i. 128, &c. O Prince IO Chief... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 sidor
...Hurl'd headlong flaming from tli' ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and comhustion, down f To hottomless perdition, there to dwell • . In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men, he with his... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 sidor
...' But of the two, less dang'rous is th' offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Pope. Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from...dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst de^ th' Omnipotent to arms. Milton. In these examples, we see the particle the may either form a distinct... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 sidor
...battle proud With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky, 45 With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless...In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night 5o To mortal men, he with... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 sidor
...that, wherever he speaks of it, he rises, if possible, above himself. Thus where he mentions satari in the beginning of his poem : • Him the. Almighty...perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal tire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms. We have likewise several noble hints of it in- the infernal... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1805 - 188 sidor
...shook. 167 With this compare the following : ' Him the Almighty power Hurl'd headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down...penal fire, Who durst defy th- Omnipotent to arms! It was probably from a secret perception of this, that Milton was led to prefer blank verse; not merely,... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1805 - 198 sidor
...J66 167 With this compare the following: - Him the Almighty power Hurl'd headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down...penal fire. Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms ! It was -probably from a secret perception of this, that Milton was led to prefer blank verse ; not... | |
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