Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Volume 2J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750 |
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Pagina 33
... fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind , whofe feed is in itself upon the earth . But when he comes to the defcriptive part , he then opens a finer vein of poetry . C 321. The Defert and bare , unfightly , unadorn'd , Brought forth ...
... fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind , whofe feed is in itself upon the earth . But when he comes to the defcriptive part , he then opens a finer vein of poetry . C 321. The Defert and bare , unfightly , unadorn'd , Brought forth ...
Pagina 34
... fruit , or gemm'd 321. The fmelling gourd , ] A mere mistake of the printer : the author gave it The fwelling gourd ; as Pro- pertius , IV . II . 43 . Cæruleus cucumis tumidoque cucur bita ventre . Thofe , that flifly maintain that smel ...
... fruit , or gemm'd 321. The fmelling gourd , ] A mere mistake of the printer : the author gave it The fwelling gourd ; as Pro- pertius , IV . II . 43 . Cæruleus cucumis tumidoque cucur bita ventre . Thofe , that flifly maintain that smel ...
Pagina 35
... fruit . Pearce . 331. though God had yet not - rain'd & c . ] This is not taken , as the reft , from the first , but from the fecond chapter of Genefis ; but the poet was ftudious to weave in all that Mofes had written of the creation ...
... fruit . Pearce . 331. though God had yet not - rain'd & c . ] This is not taken , as the reft , from the first , but from the fecond chapter of Genefis ; but the poet was ftudious to weave in all that Mofes had written of the creation ...
Pagina 58
... fruit for food 540 Gave thee ; all forts are here that all th ' earth yields Variety without end ; but of the tree , Which tafted works knowledge of good and evil , Thou may'st not ; in the day thou eat'ft , thou dy'ft ; Death is the ...
... fruit for food 540 Gave thee ; all forts are here that all th ' earth yields Variety without end ; but of the tree , Which tafted works knowledge of good and evil , Thou may'st not ; in the day thou eat'ft , thou dy'ft ; Death is the ...
Pagina 71
... fruits and flowers , To vifit how they profper'd , bud and bloom , Her nursery ; they at her coming sprung , And touch'd by her fair tendence gladlier grew . Yet went fhe not , as not with fuch difcourfe 45 De- Sic ait , ac mediis ...
... fruits and flowers , To vifit how they profper'd , bud and bloom , Her nursery ; they at her coming sprung , And touch'd by her fair tendence gladlier grew . Yet went fhe not , as not with fuch difcourfe 45 De- Sic ait , ac mediis ...
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Adam Adam and Eve Adam's Addifon Æneid againſt alfo Angel beaft beauty becauſe Bentley beſt call'd cloud creatures death defcend defcribed defcription defire divine earth expreffion exprefs fafe faid fame fays fecond feems fenfe fent ferpent feven feveral fhall fhould fignifies fince firft firſt fleep fome fons foon fpeaking fpeech fruit ftars ftill fubject fuch fuppofe hath heav'nly Heaven Hell himſelf Hume Iliad inftances juft laft lefs light likewife loft Lord Milton moft moſt muſt night obferve occafion Ophion Ovid paffage paffion Paradife Pearce perfon pleaſure poem poet pow'r reader reafon reft reply'd reprefented Richardfon rifing Satan Scripture ſhall ſhe ſpeak thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought Thyer tree underſtand uſed verb verfe verſe viii Virg Virgil Vulgar Latin weft whofe word
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Pagina 386 - The ark no more now dotes, but feems on ground Faft on the top of fome high mountain fix'd. And now the tops of hills as rocks appear ; With clamor thence the rapid currents drive Tow'ards the retreating fea their furious tide. Forthwith from out the ark a raven flies, 855 And after him, the furer meflenger, A dove fent forth once and again to fpy Green tree or ground whereon his foot may light ; The fecond time returning, in his bill An olive leaf he brings, pacific fign...
Pagina 13 - Proceeded thus to afk his heav'nly gueft. .Great things, and full of wonder in our ears, 70 Far differing from this world, thou haft reveal'd, Divine interpreter, by favor fent Down from the empyrean to forewarn Us timely' of what might elfe have been our lofs, Unknown, which human knowledge could not reach: For which to th...
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