...attempted, and the power of Milton's Satan as a fallen angel has been felt by generations of readers: He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less, than Archangel ruined.20...

...celebrated one of Milton, wherein he gives the portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject. He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a tower; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruin'd, and...

...Tode auf dem Totenbett rezitiert haben. Str. 96, l f.: Vgl. J. Milton, Paradise Lost I 590ff. (... he above the rest/ In shape and gesture proudly eminent/ Stood like a tow 'r; hisform had yet not lost/ All her original brightness ...) und 619ff. (Thrice he assaged, and...

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...beacon tower' amid her women is an obvious echo of Milton's characterisation of Satan among his troops - 'he above the rest / In shape and gesture proudly eminent / Stood like a tower' (1.589-91) -a description which Burke cites as illustration of the sublime in Paradise Lost.w~ It is...

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...accords consonant: Thus far these heyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet ohserv'd Their dread commander: he above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tow'rs THE movement the most opposed to pride must he in accord with sorrow. A descent of notes, if...