Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. The Sixth Edition. With Notes of Various Authors, by Thomas Newton, D.D. ...J. and R. Tonson, B. Dodd, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin [and 8 others in London], 1763 |
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Pagina xxvii
... falling down upon her knees at his feet , and imploring his forgiveness with tears . At first he fhowed fome figns of averfion , but he continued not long inexorable ; his wife's intreaties , and the inter- ceffion of friends on both ...
... falling down upon her knees at his feet , and imploring his forgiveness with tears . At first he fhowed fome figns of averfion , but he continued not long inexorable ; his wife's intreaties , and the inter- ceffion of friends on both ...
Pagina lvi
... the ftate of innocence and Fall of man ; to tag his lines , as Milton himfelf expreffed * See Rymer's Tragedies of the last age confuler'd , p . 143 . it , alluding to the fashion then of wearing tags it , lvi The LIFE of MILTON . pre- ...
... the ftate of innocence and Fall of man ; to tag his lines , as Milton himfelf expreffed * See Rymer's Tragedies of the last age confuler'd , p . 143 . it , alluding to the fashion then of wearing tags it , lvi The LIFE of MILTON . pre- ...
Pagina xciii
... falls fhort of the Iliad or Æneid , in the beauties which are effential to that kind of writing . The firft thing to be confider'd in an epic poem , is the fable , which is perfect or imperfect ... fall of Man , which g 3 an A ...
... falls fhort of the Iliad or Æneid , in the beauties which are effential to that kind of writing . The firft thing to be confider'd in an epic poem , is the fable , which is perfect or imperfect ... fall of Man , which g 3 an A ...
Pagina xciv
... fall of Man , which is the action he propofed to celebrate ; and as for thole great actions , the battle of the ... fall of Man , has related the fall of thofe Angels who are his profeffed ene- mies . Befides the many other beauties in ...
... fall of Man , which is the action he propofed to celebrate ; and as for thole great actions , the battle of the ... fall of Man , has related the fall of thofe Angels who are his profeffed ene- mies . Befides the many other beauties in ...
Pagina xcv
... fall of Man , as it is related in Scripture . Befides it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dafh the truth with fiction . as they were in no danger of of- fending the g 4 as A Critique on the PARADISE LOST . Afia, and engaged all the ...
... fall of Man , as it is related in Scripture . Befides it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dafh the truth with fiction . as they were in no danger of of- fending the g 4 as A Critique on the PARADISE LOST . Afia, and engaged all the ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Adam Adam and Eve Addifon Æneid againſt alfo Angels battel beauty becauſe befides beft Belial Bentley call'd Cant darkneſs defcribed defcription earth expreffion exprefs Faery Queen faid fame fays fecond feems feen fenfe fent fentiments ferve 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 glory hath Heaven Hell himſelf hoft Homer Hume Iliad inftance king laft Latin lefs likewife meaſure Milton moft Moloch moſt muft muſt night obferves occafion Ovid paffage Paradife Loft Pearce perfon poem poet pow'r prefent profe publiſhed radife reader reafon reft reprefented Richardfon rifing Satan ſhall Spenfer Spirits ſtood Taffo thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought throne Thyer tion tranflated uſed verfe Virg Virgil whofe whoſe word worfe
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Pagina 146 - 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!
Pagina 354 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
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