 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 sider
...hattle dangerous To less than gods. On th' other side up rose Belial, in act more graceful and humanei A fairer person lost not heav'n; he seem'd For dignity compos'd, and high exploit? But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The hetter... | |
 | 1809 - 344 sider
...Sentiment may be called the Athenian who knew what was right, and principle, the Lacedemonian who practixed it. But these qualities will be better exemplified...: he seem'd For dignity compos'd, and high exploit ; But all was false and hollow — though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 334 sider
...of Belial : — — — — — " On th' other side uprose Belial, in act more graceful and humane : A fairer person lost not heav'n ; he seem'd, For dignity compos'd and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sider
...battle dangerous To less than Gods. On th' other side up rase Belial, in act more graceful and humane ; ooting slow, His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim, an But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better... | |
 | 1849 - 1188 sider
...himself, has struck upon some of the most characteristic marks of these corrupters of society : — "A fairer person lost not Heav'n ; he seem'd For dignity compos'd and high exploit ; But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The... | |
 | Hannah More - 1834 - 422 sider
...which are beautifully, delicately, and distinctly marked. These are, Belial, who may not be improperly called the Demon of Sentiment ; and Abdiel, who may...ever held the poetic pencil. A fairer person lost not heaven ; he seem'd For dignity composed, and high exploit, But all was false and hollow, though his... | |
 | Hannah More - 1836 - 452 sider
...which are beautifully, delicately, and distinctly marked. These are, Belial, who may not be improperly called the Demon of Sentiment ; and Abdiel, who may...held the' poetic pencil. A fairer person lost not heaven ; he seemed For dignity composed, and high exploit ; Put all was false and hollow, though his... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 492 sider
...dangerous To less than gods. On th' other side up rose • Belial, in act more graceful and humane ; A fairer person lost not Heav'n ; he seem'd For dignity compos'd, and high exploit : But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The... | |
 | Hannah More - 1843 - 442 sider
...which are beautifully, delicately, and distinctly marked. These are, Belial, who may not be improperly called the Demon of Sentiment ; and Abdiel, who may...the sublimest hand that ever held the poetic pencil. f A fairer person lost not heaven ; he seemed For dignity composed, and high exploit ; But allwas false... | |
 | Hannah More - 1847 - 446 sider
...which are beautifully, delicately, and distinctly marked. These are, Belial, who may not be improperly called the Demon of Sentiment ; and Abdiel, who may...ever held the poetic pencil. A fairer person lost not heaven ; he seemed For dignity composed, and high exploit ; ]?ut all was false and hollow, though his... | |
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Belial, in act more graceful and humane; A fairer person lost not Heav'n ; he seem'd For dignity compos'd and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his Tongue Dropt Manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and... 
