 Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood ; in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2971819Full view - About this book
 | Edward Hitchcock - 1856 - 450 pages
...sparkling blazed, his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size. Titanian, or earth born, that warred on Jove. Briareos or Typhon, whom the den By ancient Tarsus held, or that sea... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879 - 456 pages
...sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood ; in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size, * * * * or that sea-beast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean... | |
 | 1819 - 788 pages
...described ; and next again comes the mouth, particularly the tongue : A tongue which lies — — " Many a rood, in bulk as huge " As whom the Fables...description of these, we must be allowed a little respite, and time to invoke some superior aid. I intend to imprecate the assistance of that exquisite... | |
 | Gilbert Highet - 1949 - 802 pages
...are constantly compared to those of Greek and Roman epic and legend. Thus, in Paradise Lost Satan was in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size, Titanian, or Earth-born, that warred on Jove, Briareos or Typhon, whom the den By ancient Tarsus held. . . ,32 The... | |
 | Neil Forsyth - 1987 - 532 pages
...sparkling blazed, his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size, Titaniaii, or Earth-born, that warred on Jove, Briarcos or Typhon, whom the den By ancient Tarsus held,... | |
 | Manfred Görlach - 1991 - 492 pages
...sparkling blaz'd, his other Parts besides Prone on the Flood, extended long and large 30 Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge As whom the Fables name of monstrous size, Titanian, or Earth-born, that warr'd on Jove, Briarios or Typhon, whom the Den By ancient Tarsus held, or that Sea-beast... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...sparkling blaz'd, his other Parts besides Prone on the Flood, extended long and large Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge As whom the Fables name of monstrous size, Titanian, or Earth-born, that warr'd on Jove, Briarios or Typhon, whom the Den By ancient Tarsus held, or that Sea-beast... | |
 | Jeffrey Burton Russell - 1992 - 308 pages
...stature reached the Sky, and on his Crest Sat horror Plum'd. [He] extended long and large Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge As whom the Fables name of monstrous size. This great power is moved to envy and anger at the elevation of the Son above himself: Fraught With... | |
 | David Loewenstein - 2004 - 160 pages
...the fallen Satan: his other Parts besides Prone on the Flood, extended long and large Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge As whom the Fables name of monstrous size, Titanian. or Earth-born, that warr'd on Jove, Briarcos or Typhon, whom the Den By ancient Tarsus held, or that Sea-beast... | |
 | Michael Freeman, Michael J. Freeman, Professor of English Law Michael Freeman - 2004 - 332 pages
...sparkling blazed, his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size, 33 For others, such was this creature's conformity with dragons of antiquity, that one could almost... | |
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