 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...could be compared to nothing so fitly as to the rabble of Comus, grotesque monsters, half bestial, half human, dropping with wine, bloated with gluttony, and reeling in obscene dances. Amid these his Muse was placed, like the chaste lady of the Masque, lofty, spotless and serene —... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1847 - 396 pages
...could be compared to nothing, so fitly, as to the rabble of Comus — grotesque monsters, half bestial, half human, — dropping with wine, bloated with gluttony,...chatted at, and pointed at, and grinned at, by the whole tribe of Satyrs and Goblins. If ever despondency could be excused in any man, it might have been excused... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - Authors - 1850 - 232 pages
...in Comus, grotesque monsters, half bestial, half human, dropping with wine, bloated with gluttony, reeling in obscene dances. Amidst these his muse was...the masque, lofty, spotless and serene, — to be chattered at, and pointed at, and grinned at, by the whole rabble of satyrs and goblins." Yet, from... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...mnse was plaeed, like the Chaste Lady in the Masqne, lofty, spotless, and serene — to be ehattered at, and pointed at, and grinned at by the whole rabble of satyrs and goblins. If ever despondeney and asperity eonld be exensed in any man, it might have been exensed in Milton. Bnt the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...half bestial, half human, dropping with wine, bloated with gluttony, and rceling in obscene danees. Amidst these his Muse was placed, like the chaste...by the whole rabble of Satyrs and Goblins. If ever despondeney and asperity could be excused in any man, it might have bcen excused in Milton. But the... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...could be compared to nothing so fitly as to the rabble of Comus, grotesque monsters, half bestial, half human, dropping with wine, bloated with gluttony,...Satyrs and Goblins. If ever despondency and asperity couid be excused in any man, it might have been excused in Milton. But the strength of his mind overcame... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...could be compared to nothing so fitly as to the rabble of Comus, grotesque monsters, half bestial, half human, dropping with wine, bloated with gluttony,...Masque, lofty, spotless, and serene — to be chatted Ы, and pointed at, and grinned at, by the whole rabble of Satyrs and Goblins. If ever despondency... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1853 - 658 pages
...dropping with wine, bloated with gluttony, and reeling in obscene dances. Amidst these that fair Muso was placed, like the chaste lady of the Masque, lofty, spotless, and serene, to bo chattered at, and pointed at, and grinned at, by the whole rout of Satyrs and Goblins. If ever despondency... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1856 - 770 pages
...could be compared to nothing so fitly as to the rabble of Comus, grotesque monsters, half bestial, half human, dropping with wine, bloated with gluttony,...by the whole rabble of Satyrs and Goblins. If ever dcspocdency and asperity could be excused in any man, it might have been excused in Milton. But the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1856 - 752 pages
...could be compared to nothing so fitly as to the rabble of Comus, grotesque monsters, half bestial, half human, dropping with wine, bloated with gluttony,...the chaste lady of the Masque, lofty, spotless, and serene—to be chatted at, and pointed at, and grinned at, by the whole rabble of Satyrs and Goblins.... | |
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Comus, grotesque monsters, half bestial, half human, dropping with wine, bloated with gluttony, and reeling in obscene dances. Amidst these... 
