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poetical ornaments , that they make up an agreeable story , sufficient to employ
the memory without overcharging it . Milton ' s action is enriched with such variety
of circumstances , that I have taken as much pleasure in reading the contents of ...
poetical ornaments , that they make up an agreeable story , sufficient to employ
the memory without overcharging it . Milton ' s action is enriched with such variety
of circumstances , that I have taken as much pleasure in reading the contents of ...
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... into his two poems , such of their remarkable adventures as were still talked of
among his contemporaries . The story of Æneas , on which Virgil founded his
poem , was likewise very bare of circumstances , and by that means afforded him
...
... into his two poems , such of their remarkable adventures as were still talked of
among his contemporaries . The story of Æneas , on which Virgil founded his
poem , was likewise very bare of circumstances , and by that means afforded him
...
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The third day was ingrossed after the same manner by a story of the same length
. They at last began to reflect upon this barbarous way of treating one another ,
and by this means awakened out of that lethargy with which each of them had ...
The third day was ingrossed after the same manner by a story of the same length
. They at last began to reflect upon this barbarous way of treating one another ,
and by this means awakened out of that lethargy with which each of them had ...
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I question not but every reader will draw a moral from this story , and apply it to
himself without my direction . · The old story of Pandora ' s box ( which many of
the learned believe was formed among the heathens upon the tradition of the fall
of ...
I question not but every reader will draw a moral from this story , and apply it to
himself without my direction . · The old story of Pandora ' s box ( which many of
the learned believe was formed among the heathens upon the tradition of the fall
of ...
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I cannot , however , dismiss this letter without observing , that the true story on
which it is built does honour to the sex , and that in order to abuse them , the
writer is obliged to have recourse to dream and fiction . , No . 500 . FRIDAY ,
OCTOBER ...
I cannot , however , dismiss this letter without observing , that the true story on
which it is built does honour to the sex , and that in order to abuse them , the
writer is obliged to have recourse to dream and fiction . , No . 500 . FRIDAY ,
OCTOBER ...
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Página 62 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Página 183 - Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows : Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally ; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Página 147 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished 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, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King ! Ah, wherefore?
Página 473 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 'Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Página 463 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Página 140 - Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy, heaven rung With jubilee, and loud hosannas filled The eternal regions...
Página 504 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Página 332 - Try me, good king, but let me have a lawful trial ; and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and judges ; yea, let me receive an open trial, (for my truth shall fear no open shame...
Página 194 - 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 190 - But fondly overcome with female charm. Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs ; and Nature gave a second groan ; Sky lour'd ; and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...