 | John Milton - 1852 - 472 pages
...aid, aspiring, To set himself in glory above his peers, He trusted to have equall'd the Most High, If he opposed; and, with ambitious aim Against the...arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men, he, with his horrid crew, Lay vanquish'd, rolling in the fiery gulf, Confounded, though... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...Against the throne and monarchy of God, Rais'd impious war in Heaven, and battle proud, With vp-in s the warbling world asleep. Sweetest of birds! sweet Philomela, charm The listening To mortal men, he with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd, rolling in the fiery gulf, Confounded, though... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - English literature - 1852 - 570 pages
...aid, aspiring To set himself in glory above his peers, He trusted to have equalled the Most High, 40 If he opposed ; and, with ambitious aim Against the...battle proud, With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Fower 1 Chaos, a Greek word, signifying tia, a province of Greece, specially a vast void, or confnsed... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 858 pages
...Heaven, and battle proud. With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky , With hideous ruin and combustion, down...In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men, he with his... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 474 pages
...aid, aspiring, To set himself in glory above his peers, He trusted to have equall'd the Most High, If he opposed ; and, with ambitious aim Against the...arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men, he, with his horrid crew, Lay vanquish'd, rolling in the fiery gulf, Confounded, though... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 370 pages
...brook flowing near the Temple of Jerusalem. He trusted to have equall'd the Most High, If he oppos'd ; and, with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy...arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men, he with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd, rolling in the fiery gulf, Confounded, though... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 374 pages
...To set himself in glory above his peers, He trusted to have equall'd the Most High, If he oppos'd ; and, with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy...fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms. Nine timesjihe space that mgasuifi§_daj_and night To mortal men, he with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 548 pages
...mentions Satan in the beinning of his poem: Him the Almighty pow'r Hurl'd headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down...penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms. We have likewise several noble hints of it in the infernal conference. O prince! O Chief of many throned... | |
 | John Francis Maguire - Cork (Ireland) - 1853 - 492 pages
...beauty, and illustrates in the most vivid manner Milton's description of that Prince of Pride, who " With ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy...battle proud. With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong, flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless... | |
 | James Smith - Art - 1853 - 448 pages
...at Ghent, to execute for the altar of their church a picture representing the Fall of the Angels, " Hurl'd headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With...there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire." Rubens, however, declined accepting the commission, recommending the fraternity to employ their townsman... | |
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Hurl'd 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. 
