Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Том 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750 |
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... , ancient or mo- dern . We might have been much larger and more copious under each of these heads , and efpecially * In this edition they are inferted in their proper places . under under the laft : but I would not produce every PREFACE .
... , ancient or mo- dern . We might have been much larger and more copious under each of these heads , and efpecially * In this edition they are inferted in their proper places . under under the laft : but I would not produce every PREFACE .
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... head - akes : but all could not ex- tinguish or abate his laudable paffion for letters . It is very seldom feen , that fuch application and fuch a genius meet in the fame perfon . The force of either is great , but both together muft ...
... head - akes : but all could not ex- tinguish or abate his laudable paffion for letters . It is very seldom feen , that fuch application and fuch a genius meet in the fame perfon . The force of either is great , but both together muft ...
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... head , which afterwards happened to him thro ' the fury of his enemies . At least I can think of no fenfe fo proper to be given to the following verfes in Lycidas , Befides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace , and ...
... head , which afterwards happened to him thro ' the fury of his enemies . At least I can think of no fenfe fo proper to be given to the following verfes in Lycidas , Befides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace , and ...
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... In the year 1643 , and the 35th of his age , he married ; and indeed his family was now growing fo numerous , that it wanted a miftrefs at the head of - it . His father , who had lived with it . xx The LIFE of MILTON .
... In the year 1643 , and the 35th of his age , he married ; and indeed his family was now growing fo numerous , that it wanted a miftrefs at the head of - it . His father , who had lived with it . xx The LIFE of MILTON .
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... head - quarters being in their neighbourhood at Oxford , and his Majesty having now fome fairer profpect of fuccefs ; whether any or all of these were the reafons of this extraordinary behaviour ; however it was , it fo highly incenfed ...
... head - quarters being in their neighbourhood at Oxford , and his Majesty having now fome fairer profpect of fuccefs ; whether any or all of these were the reafons of this extraordinary behaviour ; however it was , it fo highly incenfed ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Addifon Æneid againſt alfo Angels battel beauty becauſe befides Bentley call'd Cant circumftances darkneſs defcribed defcription earth expreffion exprefs faid Fairy Queen fame fays fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments feven feveral fhall fhort fhould fhows fide fight fignifies fince fire firft firſt fome fometimes fons foon fpeaking fpeech ftars ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fyllable hath Heaven Hell himſelf hoft Homer Hume Iliad inftances itſelf juft king laft laſt Latin lefs likewife meaſure Milton moft moſt muft muſt night obferves occafion Ovid paffage Paradife Loft Pearce perfon poem poet pow'r praiſe prefent profe publiſhed radife reader reafon reft Richardfon rife Satan ſhall ſpeak Spenfer Spirits ſtood Taffo thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thor thoſe thou thought throne Thyer tion tranflation uſed verfe verſe Virg Virgil whofe whoſe word worfe
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Страница 39 - Like night, and darken'd all the land of Nile: So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell...
Страница 33 - Lie thus astonished on the oblivious pool, And call them not to share with us their part In this unhappy mansion, or once more, With rallied arms, to try what may be yet Regained in Heaven, or what more lost in Hell?
Страница 32 - 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.
Страница xii - ... there), met with acceptance above what was looked for; and other things, which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them, were received with written encomiums, which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps...
Страница 144 - Whence and what art thou, execrable shape! That dar'st, though grim and terrible, advance Thy miscreated front athwart my way To yonder gates? through them I mean to pass, That be assured, without leave asked of thee: Retire, or taste thy folly; and learn by proof, Hell-born! not to contend with spirits of Heaven!
Страница 254 - 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...
Страница 354 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Страница xciii - Besides, it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fiction, as they were in no danger of offending the religion of their country by it. But as for Milton, he had not only a very few circumstances upon which to raise his poem, but was also obliged to proceed with the greatest caution in every thing that he added out of his own invention.
Страница 398 - Hear, all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers ; Hear my decree, which unrevoked shall stand. This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son, and on this holy hill Him have anointed, whom ye now behold At my right hand; your head I him appoint; And by myself have sworn, to him shall bow All knees in heaven, and shall confess him Lord...
Страница 307 - Unargued I obey, so GOD ordains; GOD is thy law, thou mine; to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.