...disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing Heavenly Muse." OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. IN attending to the progress of language, we may perceive,...

...general, I shall now proceed to take notice of such beauties as appear to me more exquisite than the rest. Milton has proposed the subject of his poem,...following verses : Of man's first disobedience, and ihe fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe,...

...general, I shall now proceed to take notice of such beauties as appear to me more exquisite than the rest. Milton has proposed the subject of his poem...and all our woe. With loss of Eden, till one greater man Restore us, and regain the blissful seal, Sing heav'nly muse! These lines are perhaps as plain,...

...disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater man...us and regain the blissful seat, Sing heav'nly muse ! that on the sacred top OfOreb, orofSini, did'st inspire That shepherd who first taught the chosen...

...disobedience, | and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, | whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, | and all our woe, With loss of Eden, | till one greater...and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heav'nly Muse. | Mr. Pope, in a letter to Mr. Walsh containing some critical observations on English versification,...

...disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse. " In these, and the lines which immediately follow, the pauses are shifted through all...

...disobedience, and the fruit Ofthat forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and iewing eye Has lost the chasers, and his ear the cry ; Exulting, till he finds their nobler sense T heav'uly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first...

...disobedience, and the fruit of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste brought death into the world and all our woe with loss of Eden, till one greater man restore us, and regain the blissful seat, sing, heavenly muse! These lines thus read without final pause are no longer poetry, but merely poetical...

...disobedience, and the fruit 1 Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first...

...disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first...