 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 it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell,...  An essay On the picturesque - Page 190by Sir Uvedale Price - 1810Full view - About this book
 | 1848 - 590 pages
...flight so wanton) had brought together the most heterogeous forms, ' If shape they might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seem'd ;' and an instrument was sought for which should distinguish, classify, and mould... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...while the laboring moon Eclipses at their charms. 6. The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none, Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called, that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible... | |
 | 1847 - 1230 pages
...filled, when suddenly appeared bt the door a figure of a new shape ; " If shape it might be railed, that shape had none, Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either.''' Pushed along by three supporters, it worked its awkward... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1847 - 538 pages
...war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of heaven." "The other shape, If shape it might be called, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be catted that shadow seemed, Fitr each seemed either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies,... | |
 | David Quint - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 448 pages
...of Hell. It is Death who is a "shapelesse shape": 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; (PL 2.666-70) while Sin takes on the more specific description... | |
 | Linda Marie-Gelsomina Zerilli - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 236 pages
...following "description of Death" from Paradise Lost: 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; Fierce as ten furies; terrible... | |
 | Andrew Ashfield, Peter de Bolla - Literary Collections - 1996 - 332 pages
...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; Fierce as ten furies; terrible... | |
 | Daniel Albright - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 324 pages
...Milton's description of Death in Paradise Last (1674): The other shape, If shape it might be call'd 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. (2.666-7o) Shelley's Demogorgon,... | |
 | Theresa M. Kelley - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 372 pages
...than these Vex'd Scylla bathing in the Sea . . . The other shape, If shape it might be call'd 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, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible... | |
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