 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 826 pages
...the ascent of a lofty eminence, on the top of which, upon a globe of fire, eat the formidable Eblis. His person was that of a young man, whose noble and...an angel of light. In his hand, which thunder had Wasted, he swayed the iron sceptre that causes the monster Ouranbad, the afrits, and all the powers... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 824 pages
...asceut of a lofty eminence, on the top of which, upon a globe of tifV, sat the formidable Eblis. llirt person was that of a young man, whose noble and regular...seemed to have been tarnished by malignant vapours. In hie large eyes appeared both pride and despair ; his flowing hair retained some resemblance to that... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - Allusions in literature - 1880 - 1246 pages
...Eblis, who refused . . . and became of the number of unbelievers " (ch. ii.). His person waa that of n young man. whose noble and regular features seemed to have been tarnished by nlaliKrmnl vtiimum. In hi> Linie eyes appeartnl both (trille und despair. Hb flwiinc linir rcliilned... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - 454 pages
...the ascent of a lofty eminence, on the top of which, upon a globe of fire, sat the formidable Eblis. His person was that of a young man, whose noble and...of light ; in his hand, which thunder had blasted, he swayed the iron sceptre that causes the monster Ouranabad, the Afrits, and all the powers of the... | |
 | James Baldwin - English language - 1883 - 612 pages
...the ascent of a lofty eminence, on the top of which, upon a globe of fire, sat the formidable Eblis. His person was that of a young man, whose noble and...features seemed to have been tarnished by malignant vapors. In his large eyes appeared both pride and despair; his flowing hair retained some resemblance... | |
 | William Beckford - English fiction - 1891 - 604 pages
...the ascent of a lofty eminence, on the top of which, upon a globe of fire, sat the formidable Eblis. His person was that of a young man, whose noble and...of light ; in his hand, which thunder had blasted, he swayed the iron sceptre that causes the monster Ouranabad, the Afrits, and all the powers of the... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 pages
...on the top of which, upon a globe of fire, sat the formidable Eblis. His person was that of J voting man, whose noble and regular features seemed to have...of light. In his hand, which thunder had blasted, he swayed the iron sceptre that causes the monster Ouranbad, the afrits, and all the powers of the... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 484 pages
...the ascent of a lofty eminence, on the top of which, upon a globe of fire, sat the formidable Eblis. His person was that of a young man, whose noble and...despair; his flowing hair retained some resemblance to thatof an angel of light; in his hand, which thunder had blasted, he swayed the iron sceptre that causes... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 590 pages
...trodden. After awhile Vathek and Nouronihar were ushered into the presence of Eblis himself, " whose person was that of a young man whose noble and regular...features seemed to have been tarnished by malignant vapors. In his large eyes appeared both pride and despair; his flowing hair retained some resemblance... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1901 - 1024 pages
...d A relic of his old nobility. Vathek S. 178: . . . upon a globe of fire, sat the formidable Eblis. His person was that of a young man, whose noble and...retained some resemblance to that of an angel of light. H. o. EV 108: 'Creatures,' he said, 'Creatures of clay.'' I number ye amongst My subjects and adorers... | |
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Eblis. His person was that of a young man, whose noble and regular features seemed to have been tarnished by malignant vapours. In his large eyes appeared both pride and despair. His flowing hair retained some resemblance to that of an angel of light. 
