 | Oratory - 1840 - 452 pages
...passage from Milton. High on a throne of royal state, which far f ,e' ,-!/.', the wealth of Ormus, or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous east, with richest hand Showers on her fangs barbaric, pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat I Or in the following from one of Sheridan's speeches.... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...new world which ho sought HIGH on a throne of royal state, which for Outshone the wealth of Orrnus smiles and Seasons teem in vain, Unseen and unenjoy'd....peopled plains they far-diffusive flow, * The river rais'd To that bad eminence: and, from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires BOOK!. MILTON.... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1841 - 316 pages
..."Hii>h on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormns and of Inde ; Or where tiie gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat." In the foregoing, the monotone adds much to the dignity of the composition. — The examples which... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - Atlantic States - 1841 - 538 pages
...his exquisite description of the " Throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Orinus or of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearls and gold." As we retired from the scene, we could not repress the expression of our surprise... | |
 | Patrick Brantlinger - History - 1988 - 326 pages
...(1817). Milton's descriptions of Satan in Paradise Lost as something of an oriental despot, seated "High on a throne of royal state, which far / Outshone the wealth of Ormuz and of Ind" suggests the infernal connotations of the stereotype. 24 Even at its most positive,... | |
 | William Boulting - Travel - 1996 - 274 pages
...centres along that trade-route between the East and the Levant, which traversed the Persian Gulf, 1 " High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...twilight sheds On half the Nations, and with fear of change Perplexes Monarchs. (Bk. I, 1. 589-599) OBS 58 self when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, Ormus and of Ind. Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Show'rs on her kings barbaric pearl... | |
 | Jeffrey Burton Russell - History - 1992 - 308 pages
...the while planning to have Beelzebub impose the master plan at the end. Satan opens the parliament: High on a Throne of Royal State, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous F.ast with richest hand Show'rs on her Kings Barbaric Pearl... | |
 | David Quint - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 448 pages
...from the most precious materials in nature, far outdoes the wealth and splendor of an Oriental despot, "where the gorgeous East with richest hand / Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold" (Z.3-4).2 Barbaric riches ("ope barbarica") from the East fill up Antony's war chest. The wealth at... | |
 | Robert Thomas Fallon - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 216 pages
...uneasily. A great deal has been made of the opening lines of book 2 of Paradise Lost, which picture Satan High on a Throne of Royal State, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Irtft, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Show'rd on her Kings Barbaric Pearl... | |
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HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold... 
