Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Volume 2J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750 |
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Pagina 10
... means one great genius often catches the And flame from another , and writes in his fpirit , without copying fervily after him . There are a thousand fhining paffages in Virgil , which have been lighted up by Homer . Milton , tho ' his ...
... means one great genius often catches the And flame from another , and writes in his fpirit , without copying fervily after him . There are a thousand fhining paffages in Virgil , which have been lighted up by Homer . Milton , tho ' his ...
Pagina 17
... means no more than deceit , but often fignifies misfortune . Milton , who fo conftantly makes Latin or Greek of English , does it here , and extends the idea to the mifery , the punishment confequent upon the deceit , as well as the de ...
... means no more than deceit , but often fignifies misfortune . Milton , who fo conftantly makes Latin or Greek of English , does it here , and extends the idea to the mifery , the punishment confequent upon the deceit , as well as the de ...
Pagina 19
... Mean while inhabit lax , ye Pow'rs of Heaven , And thou my Word , begotten Son , by thee This I perform , fpeak thou , and be it done : My overshadowing Spi'rit and might with thee 165 I send along ; ride forth , and bid the deep Within ...
... Mean while inhabit lax , ye Pow'rs of Heaven , And thou my Word , begotten Son , by thee This I perform , fpeak thou , and be it done : My overshadowing Spi'rit and might with thee 165 I send along ; ride forth , and bid the deep Within ...
Pagina 27
... mean , ' twas already fluid . Thus Pfal . LXXXIX . 11. As for the world and the fulness thereof Thou baft founded them . So Prov . III . 19 . The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth . The reft must be fomething different from the now ...
... mean , ' twas already fluid . Thus Pfal . LXXXIX . 11. As for the world and the fulness thereof Thou baft founded them . So Prov . III . 19 . The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth . The reft must be fomething different from the now ...
Pagina 30
... means the air and atmosphere , that the air fhould be called Heaven : but fo it is frequently in the lan- guage The earth was form'd , but in the womb as 30 PARADISE LOST . Book VH . The waters underneath from thofe above ...
... means the air and atmosphere , that the air fhould be called Heaven : but fo it is frequently in the lan- guage The earth was form'd , but in the womb as 30 PARADISE LOST . Book VH . The waters underneath from thofe above ...
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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 239 - Phrenzy on her left, and Death in her rear. She might have been introduced as gliding down from the tail of a comet, or darted upon the earth in a flash of lightning.
Pagina 61 - Yet not till the Creator from his work Desisting, though unwearied, up returnd Up to the Heav'n of Heav'ns his high abode, Thence to behold this new created World Th...
Pagina 64 - How firft this world and face of things began, And what before thy memory was done From the beginning, that pofterity Inform'd by thee might know ; if elfe thou feek'ft Ought, not furpaffing human meafure, fay.
Pagina 15 - How firft began this Heav'n which we behold Diftant fo high, with moving fires adorn'd Innumerable, and this which yields or fills All fpace, the ambient air wide interfus'd Embracing round this florid earth, what...
Pagina 80 - As clouds, and clouds may rain, and rain produce Fruits in her foften'd foil, for fome to eat Allotted .there; and...
Pagina 75 - To alk or fearch I blame thee not, for Heaven Is as the book of God before thee fet, Wherein to read his wondrous works, and learn His feafons, hours, or days, or months, or years : This to attain, whether Heav'n move or Earth, 70 Imports not, if thou reckon right; the reft From Man or Angel the great...
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...
Pagina 220 - Eve; fhe perfifts, and at length appeafes him : then to evade the curfe likely to fall on their offspring, propofes to Adam violent ways, which he approves not, but conceiving better hope, puts her in mind of the late promife made them, that...
Pagina 202 - I attain, Adam ? from whofe dear fide I boaft me fprung, 965 And gladly of our union hear thee fpeak, One heart, one foul in both; whereof good proof This day affords, declaring thee refolv'd, Rather than death or ought than death more dread Shall...