Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Volumen1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750 |
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... words : but to Milton's own fpelling ( for we must distinguish between his and that of his times ) we pay all ... word we approve of the two first editions in the main , tho ' we cannot think that they ought to be followed ( as ...
... words : but to Milton's own fpelling ( for we must distinguish between his and that of his times ) we pay all ... word we approve of the two first editions in the main , tho ' we cannot think that they ought to be followed ( as ...
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... words , the turning the adjective into a fubftantive , with feveral other foreign modes of fpeech , which this poet has naturalized to give his verfe the greater found , and throw it out of profe . you obferve the measure of his verfe ...
... words , the turning the adjective into a fubftantive , with feveral other foreign modes of fpeech , which this poet has naturalized to give his verfe the greater found , and throw it out of profe . you obferve the measure of his verfe ...
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... words , tranfpofitions , and foreign idioms . Seneca's ob- jection to the ftile of a great au- thor , Riget ejus oratio , nihil in ea placidum , nihil lene , is what many critics make to Milton : As I can- not wholly refute it , fo I ...
... words , tranfpofitions , and foreign idioms . Seneca's ob- jection to the ftile of a great au- thor , Riget ejus oratio , nihil in ea placidum , nihil lene , is what many critics make to Milton : As I can- not wholly refute it , fo I ...
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... word n the first in his poem , but that it was the firft which came in- to his head . However the uniform practice of Homer , Virgil , and Milton in this particular , feems to prove that it was not accidental , but a thing really defign ...
... word n the first in his poem , but that it was the firft which came in- to his head . However the uniform practice of Homer , Virgil , and Milton in this particular , feems to prove that it was not accidental , but a thing really defign ...
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... words in the fignification that they bear in the learned languages , he may very well be fuppofed to use the word Secret in the same sense as the Latin fecretus , fet apart or feparate , like the fecretofque pios in Virgil , En . VIII ...
... words in the fignification that they bear in the learned languages , he may very well be fuppofed to use the word Secret in the same sense as the Latin fecretus , fet apart or feparate , like the fecretofque pios in Virgil , En . VIII ...
Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
Página 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...
Página 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?
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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!
Página 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...
Página 354 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.