Criticism on Milton's Paradise Lost: From ʻThe Spectatorʼ. 31 December, 1711-3 May, 1712A. Murray & son, 1868 - 152 páginas |
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... himself against Idiomatick ways of speaking . Ovid and Lucan have many Poorneffes of Expreffion upon this account , as taking up with the first Phrases that offered , without putting themselves to the trouble of looking after such as ...
... himself against Idiomatick ways of speaking . Ovid and Lucan have many Poorneffes of Expreffion upon this account , as taking up with the first Phrases that offered , without putting themselves to the trouble of looking after such as ...
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... himself Master of , who would get a Reputation by Critical Writings ; though at the fame time it is very certain , that an Author who has not learn'd the Art of diftinguishing between Words and Things , and of ranging his Thoughts , and ...
... himself Master of , who would get a Reputation by Critical Writings ; though at the fame time it is very certain , that an Author who has not learn'd the Art of diftinguishing between Words and Things , and of ranging his Thoughts , and ...
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... felf . The Critick applied himself to the Task with great Industry and Pleasure , and after having made the due Separation , was presented by Apollo with the Chaff for his Pains . The SPECTATOR . -velut fi Hor . Egregio infperfos reprendas.
... felf . The Critick applied himself to the Task with great Industry and Pleasure , and after having made the due Separation , was presented by Apollo with the Chaff for his Pains . The SPECTATOR . -velut fi Hor . Egregio infperfos reprendas.
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... himself restored to a happier Paradife than that from which he fell . † There is another Objection against Milton's Fable , which is indeed almost the fame with the former , tho ' placed in a different Light , namely , That the Hero in ...
... himself restored to a happier Paradife than that from which he fell . † There is another Objection against Milton's Fable , which is indeed almost the fame with the former , tho ' placed in a different Light , namely , That the Hero in ...
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... himself , but throw as much of his Work as he can into the Mouths of those who are his Principal Actors . Aristotle has given no Reason for this Precept ; but I presume it is because the Mind of the Reader is more awed and elevated when ...
... himself , but throw as much of his Work as he can into the Mouths of those who are his Principal Actors . Aristotle has given no Reason for this Precept ; but I presume it is because the Mind of the Reader is more awed and elevated when ...
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Página 77 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Página 126 - And I looked, and behold, a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death, and hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Página 53 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Página 121 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Página 91 - Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Página 78 - ... his starting up in his own form is wonderfully fine, both in the literal description, and in the moral which is concealed under it. His answer...
Página 68 - He has represented all the abstruse doctrines of predestination, free-will, and grace, as also the great points of incarnation and redemption (which naturally grow up in a poem that treats of the fall of man) with great energy of expression, and in a clearer and stronger light than I ever met with in any other writer.
Página 103 - Held by thy voice, thy potent voice, he hears, And longer will delay to hear thee tell His generation...
Página 56 - He spake; and, to confirm his words, out-flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty Cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined Hell. Highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven.
Página 85 - Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.