 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pages
...uncertainty of strokes and colouring, he has finished the portrait of the king of terrors : — The other shape, If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable, in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed ; For each seemed either ; black he stood as night... | |
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - 1811 - 704 pages
...himself with sketching a pot of ashes? Milton treated Death with more decency and respect: • The other shape, If shape it might be called, that shape had none Distinguishable in number, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black... | |
 | 1806 - 550 pages
...from the ashes of the French Revolution, shadowy, unde. inablf, and terrific. " • The other, shaj-e, If shape it might be called, that shape had none, Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb : Or substance might be calkd, that shadow seemed Ï For each seemed either ; black it stood as night,... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 pages
...uncertainty of strokes and colouring, he has finished the portrait of the king of terrors. The other shape, If shape (it might be called that shape had none) Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd; For each seem'd either; black it stood as night;... | |
 | Basil Richard Barrett - 1812 - 188 pages
...Th,e poet is giving a description of Deatb^ with all its trgr^ixdpus appendages : * , , . " The other shape, " If shape it might be called, that shape had none " Distinguishable iq member, joint, or limb; " Or substance might be called, which shadow sepna'4 ! " For each seem'd... | |
 | 1853 - 796 pages
...realise a resemblance between its own austere tribunal and the sublime but dismal allegory of Death— a shape, " If shape it might be called, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called, that shadow seemed, For each seemed either ; black it stood • ••... | |
 | Queen Caroline (consort of George IV, King of Great Britain), J. H. Adolphus - 1820 - 570 pages
...this proceeding. I know not but it may vanish into thin air. I know not under what shape it exists ; " If shape it might be called, that shape had none, " Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb. " Or substance might be called that shadow seemed ; " For each seemed either. Black it stood as night,... | |
 | Queen Caroline (consort of George IV, King of Great Britain), John Adolphus - 1820 - 902 pages
...proceedin^. I know not but it may vanish, into thiu air. 1 know not under what shape it exists ; •• If shape it might be called, that shape had none, "Distinguishable in member, joint, ОГ Illllli. '• Or substance might be called that shadow seemei! ; " For each seemed either. Black... | |
 | 1820 - 240 pages
...suddenly suspended; deep guilt half revealed ; the untold secrets of a prison-house ; the terrific shape, " if shape it might be called, that shape had none distinguishable;" —all these affect the mind more powerfully than any regular or distinct images of danger or of woe.... | |
 | Ann Radcliffe - 1820 - 238 pages
...suddenly suspended ; deep guilt half revealed ; the untold secrets of a prison-house; the terrific shape, "if shape it might be called, that shape had none distinguishable;" • — all these affect the mind more powerfully than any regular or distinct images of danger or... | |
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