...opposition. government ; he knew not by what name to call it, nor in what terms to describe it : — 1791. A shape, If shape it might be called, that shape had...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,...

...its very defects the losses we deplore, that misty, formless, lifeless, anomalous, negative, chaotic shape, If shape it might be called that shape had none, Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb : which is the only counterpart, in many minds, to the name of the Scripture honoured Church? How far...

...while the labouring moon | Eclipses at their charms. | 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...

...»e confon(i) The other shape, If shape it might be called that shape hade none Di itinguli hable , in member, joint or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed , For e u-li teemed either ; black he stood as night ; Fierce as ten fu lies ; terrible as hell ; And slit...

...while the labouring moon Eclipses at their charms. The other shape,^ J 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,...

...flume, all cloud, all billow, or all tears : solidity, stability, tangibility, reality, he has none : 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. But one may weep with Klopstock,...

...(...)Theothershape Ifshape il might be called that shape had none Distinguishable, in member, joint, orlimb Or substance might be called that shadow seemed. For each seemed either ; black he stood as night ; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell ; And shook a deadly dart. What seemed...

...Charybdis on either side "before the gates" (649) of Hell. It is Death who is a "shapelesse shape": The other shape, If shape it might be called that...called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either; (PL 2.666-70) while Sin takes on the more specific description of Fletcher's Sin, the dissembled woman's...

...clinch his point about obscurity, Burke offers the following "description of Death" from Paradise Lost: The other shape, If shape it might be called that...that shadow seemed, For each seemed either; black he stood as night; Fierce as ten furies; terrible as hell; And shook a deadly dart. What seemed his...

...less from physical comedy or fabliau than, however ironically, from Milton's famous description of Death: "The other shape, / If shape it might be called that shape had none" (Paradise Lost 2.666-67). strum, in his seminal study of the sister arts, valiantly attempts to accommodate...