The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1809 |
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Pagina 46
... expreffed in the abruptnefs of the beginning of Satan's fpeech : " If thou beeft he ; that Beelzebub ! -- He ftops ; and falls into a bitter reflection on their prefent condition , com- pared with that in which they lately were . He ...
... expreffed in the abruptnefs of the beginning of Satan's fpeech : " If thou beeft he ; that Beelzebub ! -- He ftops ; and falls into a bitter reflection on their prefent condition , com- pared with that in which they lately were . He ...
Pagina 80
... expreffed ; as the whisper , with which he awakens her , is the fofteft that ever was con veyed to a lover's ear . I cannot but take notice , that Milton , in the conferences between Adam and Eve , had his eye very frequently upon the ...
... expreffed ; as the whisper , with which he awakens her , is the fofteft that ever was con veyed to a lover's ear . I cannot but take notice , that Milton , in the conferences between Adam and Eve , had his eye very frequently upon the ...
Pagina 103
... expreffed in the following verfe : " And Earth felf - balanc'd on her center hung . " The beauties of defcription in this book lie fo very thick , that it is impoffible to enumerate them in these remarks . The poet has employed on them ...
... expreffed in the following verfe : " And Earth felf - balanc'd on her center hung . " The beauties of defcription in this book lie fo very thick , that it is impoffible to enumerate them in these remarks . The poet has employed on them ...
Pagina 133
... expreffed a fecond time in the interceffion of the Meffiah , which is conceived in very em- phatical fentiments and expreffions . Among the poetical parts of Scripture , which Milton has fo finely wrought into this part of his narration ...
... expreffed a fecond time in the interceffion of the Meffiah , which is conceived in very em- phatical fentiments and expreffions . Among the poetical parts of Scripture , which Milton has fo finely wrought into this part of his narration ...
Pagina 142
... expreffed , the various actings of God towards mankind , and the moft fublime and deep truths . both of the Jewish and Chriftian theology ; it muft excite no lefs admiration in the mind of an attentive reader , than the more fprightly ...
... expreffed , the various actings of God towards mankind , and the moft fublime and deep truths . both of the Jewish and Chriftian theology ; it muft excite no lefs admiration in the mind of an attentive reader , than the more fprightly ...
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Adam Adam and Eve againſt alfo alſo ancient Andreini Angels beauty becauſe Beelzebub Belial Bentley Chaos character circumftances criticks darkneſs Death defcribed defcription defign Du Bartas earth edition epick poem expreffed expreffion fable Faer faid fame fays fecond feems fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhort fhould fhow fimilar fince fire firft firſt fome fometimes fons foon fpeaking fpeech ftill fubject fublime fuch fuffer fuppofed fyllable Heaven Hell heroick himſelf hoft Homer Iliad infernal inftances itſelf juft laft laſt lefs likewife meaſure Milton mind moft Moloch moſt muft muſt nature NEWTON numbers obferved occafion Ovid paffage paffed paffions Paradife Loft perfons phrafe poet poetical poetry prefent profe racters radife reader reafon reft reprefented rifing Satan ſpeaking Spenfer Spirits ſtate Taffo thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought THYER TODD tranflation uſed verfe verſe Virgil whofe words worfe
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Pagina 123 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Pagina 418 - Are brought ; and feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce, From beds of raging fire to starve in ice...
Pagina 384 - The almighty victor to spend all his rage; And that must end us, that must be our cure, To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Pagina 314 - Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight; till on dry land He lights — if it were land that ever...
Pagina 446 - Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray By which he reigns : next him, high arbiter, Chance governs all.
Pagina 193 - Charybdis, and by th' other whirlpool steard. So he with difficulty and labour hard Mov'd on, with difficulty and labour hee; But hee once past, soon after when man fell, Strange alteration! Sin and Death amain Following his track, such was the will of...
Pagina 379 - Up to our native seat: descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear Insulting, and pursued us through the deep, With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus low...
Pagina 300 - He with his thunder: and till then who knew The force of those dire arms? yet not for those, Nor what the potent victor in his rage Can else inflict, do I repent or change, Though changed in outward lustre; that fixed mind And high disdain, from sense of injured merit...
Pagina 230 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Pagina 43 - O, then, at last relent: is there no place Left for repentance, none for pardon left ? None left but by submission; and that word Disdain forbids me, and my dread of shame...