 | E. H. Seymour - 1805 - 450 pages
..." No bond, but to do just ones." (There is) no bond, &c. Milton makes use of a similar ellipsis : 1 A dungeon horrible, on all sides round " As one great...from those flames " No light, but rather darkness," &c. ie No light (proceeded.) 600. " Thus, unknown, " Pitied nor hated." The abrupt introduction, thus,... | |
 | John Owen, Edward Williams - 1912 - 504 pages
...dreadful, \vh,en describing the "place eternal justice had prepared for the rebellious, than the following; Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of wo. Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest ca.u never dwell. — .-—.1'arad. Lost,... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 226 pages
...and steadfast hate : At once, as far as Angels ken, lie views The dismal situation waste and wild : A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great...darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, B 2 Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell; hope never comes That... | |
 | 1821 - 724 pages
...slow and silently, emitting a heat and brilliancy which almost blinded us as we gazed.- We saw — A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed. I know nothing to which the lava might be compared, excepting, perhaps, a large stream of molten gold.... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...: At once, as far as Angels ken, he views The dismal situation- waste and wild : A dungeon horrihle on all sides round As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; hut ratherXQarkness visihle / / .- '-' -,• '' f ' '• Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 478 pages
...a torch, whichhad this quality peculiar to- infernal lustre, that its light fell only upon faults. No light, but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe. With these fragments of authority, the slaves of FLATTERY and MALEVOLENCE marched out, at the command... | |
 | 1823 - 428 pages
...a torch, which had this quality peculiar to infernal lustre, that its light fell only upon faults. No light, but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe. MILTON'S PL i. 63. With these fragments of authority, the slaves of Flattery and Malevolence marched... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 748 pages
...a torch, which had this quality peculiar to infernal lustre, that its light fell only upon faults. No light, but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe. , MILTON'S FL i. 63. With these fragments of authority, the slaves of Flattery and Malevolence marched... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 476 pages
...a torch, which had this quality peculiar to infernal lustre, that its light fell only upon faults. No light, but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe. With these fragments of authority, the slaves of Flattery and Malevolence marched out at the command... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 326 pages
...meanly describe the highest Heaven, gives an idea of grandeur and majesty. Milton writes, book iv 63. No light, but rather DARKNESS VISIBLE Served only to discover sights of woe. Perhaps borrowed from Spenser : A little glooming light, much like a shade. Faery Queen. B. i. C. i.... | |
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A dungeon horrible, on all sides round As one great furnace flamed, yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe... 
