...Shakspeare ; — in fine, as that costume for court dress, when gorgeous Tragedy, In sceptr'd pall comes sweeping by ; Presenting Thebes or Pelops line, Or the tale of Troy divine MILTOJJ, // Penteroso. they would not then stand a chance of praise from all the admirers of nature,...

...tragedy in the highest rank of poetical achievements, — " Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy, With sceptred pall, come sweeping by. Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine." — II Pmseroso G Yet the noblest; most impassioned scenes are frequently distinguished from prose...

...corresponding to the expressive touches of Milton's portraiture : Sometimes let gorgeous tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine. This restriction of subjects was a necessary consequence of the circumstances in which Greece was at...

...classical sources of ancient learning, when he exclaimed, — Some time let gorgeous Tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops line, Or the tale of Troy divine ! Line 38. The life of Tursalem.] Probably a mistake, as no such work or person is known. " There cannot...

...classical sources of ancient learning, when he exclaimed, — Some time let gorgeous Tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops line, Or the tale of Troy divine ! Line 38. The life of Tursalem.] Probably a mistake, as no such work or person is known. " There cannot...

...classical sources of ancient learning, when he exclaimed, — Some time let gorgeous Tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops line, Or the tale of Troy divine ! Line 88. The life of Tursalem.~\ Probably a mistake, as no such work or person is known. " There...

...With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ! II Penseroso. MOULTRIE. How delightful it is in this busy and tumultuous age — this carnival of...

...With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ! II Penseroso. MOULTRIE. How delightful it is in this busy and tumultuous age — this carnival of...

...power hath a true consent With planet, or with element. Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes' or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But, O sad Virgin, that thy power...

...With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ! II Penseroso. MOULTRIE. How delightful it is in this busy and tumultuous age—this carnival of politics...