The life of Milton. To which are added Conjectures on the origin of Paradise lost: with an Appendix. By W. Hailey [sic].1799 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 18
Página 24
... subject by that cele- brated and devout poet of Spain ; Lopez de Vega . The moft trifling performances of Milton are fo fingular , that we may regret even the lofs of the verfes alluded to by Aubrey , as the offspring of his childhood ...
... subject by that cele- brated and devout poet of Spain ; Lopez de Vega . The moft trifling performances of Milton are fo fingular , that we may regret even the lofs of the verfes alluded to by Aubrey , as the offspring of his childhood ...
Página 29
... thing elaborate- " ly compofed to the careless and interrupted 66 66 liftening of these tumultuous times . Next , if " I were wife only to my own ends , I would 26 66 " certainly take such a subject , as THE LIFE OF MILTON . 29.
... thing elaborate- " ly compofed to the careless and interrupted 66 66 liftening of these tumultuous times . Next , if " I were wife only to my own ends , I would 26 66 " certainly take such a subject , as THE LIFE OF MILTON . 29.
Página 30
William Hayley. 26 66 " certainly take such a subject , as of itself might " catch applaufe ; whereas this has all the difad- vantages on the contrary ; and fuch a fubject , as the publishing whereof might be delayed at pleasure , and ...
William Hayley. 26 66 " certainly take such a subject , as of itself might " catch applaufe ; whereas this has all the difad- vantages on the contrary ; and fuch a fubject , as the publishing whereof might be delayed at pleasure , and ...
Página 34
... subject of Comus , and may feem to confirm an anecdote related by Mr. Warton , from a manuscript of Oldys ; that the young and noble performers in this celebrated drama were really involved in adventures very fimilar to their thea ...
... subject of Comus , and may feem to confirm an anecdote related by Mr. Warton , from a manuscript of Oldys ; that the young and noble performers in this celebrated drama were really involved in adventures very fimilar to their thea ...
Página 122
... subject of their " fictions ; let them know that I am far from " confidering my lot with forrow or repentance ; " that I perfift immoveable in my sentiment ; that " I neither fancy nor feel the anger of God , " but , on the contrary ...
... subject of their " fictions ; let them know that I am far from " confidering my lot with forrow or repentance ; " that I perfift immoveable in my sentiment ; that " I neither fancy nor feel the anger of God , " but , on the contrary ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Life of Milton. to Which Are Added Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise ... William Hayley Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
The Life of Milton. to Which Are Added Conjectures On the Origin of Paradise ... William Hayley Sin vista previa disponible - 2022 |
Términos y frases comunes
accompliſhed Adam Adam and Eve Adamo addreffed admiration afferted affuredly againſt alfo almoft Andreini antagoniſt appears atque becauſe beſt beſtowed biographer cauſe cenfure character chriftian compofition defcribed defire diſcovers effem Engliſh epic poetry eſteem expreffed expreffion fafe faid fame fancy fays fecond feems fentiments fhall fhould fhow fince fincerity fingular firft firſt fome fonnet foon fpeak friendſhip ftelle ftill ftudy fubject fublime fuch fufferings genius higheſt himſelf honor houſe illuftrious interefting itſelf JOHN MILTON Johnſon juft juftice laft Latin Lauder lefs literary Lucifer mihi Milton mind moft moſt muſt myſelf obferve occafion paffage paffion Paradife Loft perfon pleafing poem poet poetical poetry poffeffed poffible pomo powers praiſe preſent profe publiſhed quæ quid quod racter reader reaſon refided ſays ſeems ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſuch Taffo tenderneſs thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tion uſe verfe verſes virtue Voltaire whofe whoſe writer
Pasajes populares
Página 77 - ... are the inspired gift of God rarely bestowed, but yet to some (though most abuse) in every nation; and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations of the mind, and set the affections in right tune...
Página 79 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Página 61 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle,; but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Página 175 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 81 - And long it •was not after, when I was confirmed in this opinion, that he, who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Página 238 - I have a particular occasion to remember; for whereas I had the perusal of it from the very beginning : for some years as I went from time to time to visit him , in a parcel of ten , twenty , or thirty verses at a time, which being written by whatever hand came next , might possibly want correction as to the orthography and pointing...
Página 78 - ... teaching over the whole book of sanctity and virtue, through all the instances of example, with such delight to those especially of soft and delicious temper, who will not so much as look upon truth...
Página 23 - Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same lot, however mean or high, Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven ; All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.
Página 78 - Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader that for some few years yet I may go on trust with him toward the payment of what I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar...
Página 65 - Let not our veneration for Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great promises and small performance, on the man who hastens home, because his countrymen are contending for their liberty, and, when he reaches the scene of action, vapours away his patriotism in a private boarding-school.