The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Principally from the Editions of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster and Thomas Warton ; to which is Prefixed Newton's Life of Milton, Volumen2W. Baxter, 1824 |
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... poet intended this as an oblique satire upon the dissolute- ness of Charles the Second and his court ; from whom he seems to apprehend the fate of Or- pheus , a famous poet of Thrace , who though he is said to have charmed woods and ...
... poet intended this as an oblique satire upon the dissolute- ness of Charles the Second and his court ; from whom he seems to apprehend the fate of Or- pheus , a famous poet of Thrace , who though he is said to have charmed woods and ...
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... poet received very few assistances from heathen writers , who were strangers to the wonders of creation . But as there are many glorious strokes of poetry upon this subject in holy writ , the author has numberless allusions to them ...
... poet received very few assistances from heathen writers , who were strangers to the wonders of creation . But as there are many glorious strokes of poetry upon this subject in holy writ , the author has numberless allusions to them ...
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... poet by a series of strong and noble figures has worked it up into half a score of as fine lines as any in the whole poem . Lord Shaftesbury has observed , that Milton's beauties generally depend upon solid thought , strong reasoning ...
... poet by a series of strong and noble figures has worked it up into half a score of as fine lines as any in the whole poem . Lord Shaftesbury has observed , that Milton's beauties generally depend upon solid thought , strong reasoning ...
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... poet . A bare repetition of the words often gives great force and beauty to the sentence , as in Iliad . xx . 371 . Του δ εγω αντιος ειμι , και οι πυρι Xrigas coineY , 185 190 Ille , velut pelagi rupes immota , re- sistit ; Ut pelagi ...
... poet . A bare repetition of the words often gives great force and beauty to the sentence , as in Iliad . xx . 371 . Του δ εγω αντιος ειμι , και οι πυρι Xrigas coineY , 185 190 Ille , velut pelagi rupes immota , re- sistit ; Ut pelagi ...
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... , and says that no poet did ever equal this beauty but Shakespeare . In Macbeth , act II . What hath quench'd them hath giv'n me fire . Hark , peace . Said then th ' omnific Word , your discord end 20 BOOK VII . PARADISE LOST .
... , and says that no poet did ever equal this beauty but Shakespeare . In Macbeth , act II . What hath quench'd them hath giv'n me fire . Hark , peace . Said then th ' omnific Word , your discord end 20 BOOK VII . PARADISE LOST .
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Adam Adam and Eve Adam's Addison Æneid aëre alludes angel beast beauty behold Bentley called Canaan cant cloud creation creatures darkness death described divine dwell earth edition Eurynome evil expression eyes Faery Queen fair father fowl fruit garden gates glory grace ground hath heart heav'nly heaven hell Homer Hume Iliad Illyria Latin light likewise live Lord mankind Milton mind morning Moses nature night observed Ophion Ovid Paradise Lost passage Pearce poem poet poetical poetry pow'r Proserpina racter reader return'd Richardson Satan says Scripture seem'd seems sense serpent shalt shew sight signifies sleep spake speaking speech spirit stars stood sweet taste Terah thee thence things thou hast thought Thyer tion tree unto verb verse viii Virg Virgil voice Vulgar Latin waters word
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Página 163 - 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 271 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Página 59 - He telleth the number of the stars ; he calleth them all by their names.
Página 378 - I fell asleep: but now lead on; In me is no delay; with thee to go Is to stay here; without thee here to stay Is to go hence unwilling; thou to me Art all things under heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banished hence.
Página 62 - To ask or search, I blame thee not; for heaven Is as the book of God before thee set, Wherein to read his wondrous works...
Página 106 - I now must change Those notes to tragic ; foul distrust, and breach Disloyal on the part of man, revolt, And disobedience : on the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste, Anger and just rebuke, and judgment given ; That brought into this world a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death, and misery Death's harbinger.
Página 296 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Página 178 - And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Página 396 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 111 - Nor skill'd nor studious, higher argument "Remains ; sufficient of itself to raise That name, unless an age too late, or cold Climate, or years damp my intended wing Depress'd ; and much they may, if all be mine, Not hers, who brings it nightly to my ear.