Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1776 |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-5 van 80
Pagina 5
... whose veracity some part of this Narra- tive must entirely depend ) dates his birth two years earlier than this ; but , contradicting himself after- wards in his own computation , I reduce it to the time that Monfieur Bayle had affigned ...
... whose veracity some part of this Narra- tive must entirely depend ) dates his birth two years earlier than this ; but , contradicting himself after- wards in his own computation , I reduce it to the time that Monfieur Bayle had affigned ...
Pagina 6
... whose care and capacity his pupil hath gratefully celebrated in an excellent Latin elegy . At his initiation he is faid to have applied himself to letters , with fuch indefati- gable industry , that he rarely was prevailed with to quit ...
... whose care and capacity his pupil hath gratefully celebrated in an excellent Latin elegy . At his initiation he is faid to have applied himself to letters , with fuch indefati- gable industry , that he rarely was prevailed with to quit ...
Pagina 34
... whose characters feem wholly made up of courage , differ from one another as to the particular kinds of courage in which they excel . In short , there is scarce a speech or ́action in the Iliad which the reader may not ascribe to the ...
... whose characters feem wholly made up of courage , differ from one another as to the particular kinds of courage in which they excel . In short , there is scarce a speech or ́action in the Iliad which the reader may not ascribe to the ...
Pagina 41
... much in this particular : nor must we omit one consideration which adds to his honour and reputation . Homer and Virgil introduced perfons whose characters Diij CRITIQUE ON PARADISE LOST . 45 The Sentiments, in an epic poem, are the ...
... much in this particular : nor must we omit one consideration which adds to his honour and reputation . Homer and Virgil introduced perfons whose characters Diij CRITIQUE ON PARADISE LOST . 45 The Sentiments, in an epic poem, are the ...
Pagina 42
... whose characters are commonly known among men , and fuch as are to be met with either in history or in ordinary conversation . Milton's characters , most of them , lie out of nature , and were to be formed pure- ly by his own invention ...
... whose characters are commonly known among men , and fuch as are to be met with either in history or in ordinary conversation . Milton's characters , most of them , lie out of nature , and were to be formed pure- ly by his own invention ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Adam Adam and Eve Æneid againſt alſo angels appear'd arm'd arms beast becauſe behold beſt bright call'd cherubim cloud creatures dark darkneſs death deep delight divine dreadful dwell earth eternal evil eyes Fable faid fair fame Father fhall fight fince fire firſt fome fons foon foul fruit fuch gate glory gods grace hand happy hast hath Heav'n heav'nly Hell hill himſelf Iliad itſelf JOHN MILTON King laſt lefs leſs light live loft mankind Milton moſt muſt night o'er obferved ordain'd pain Paradise PARADISE LOST perfons pleas'd poem poet praiſe rais'd reign reply'd return'd round Satan seem'd serpent ſeveral ſhall ſhape ſhould spake Spi'rit ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſuch ſweet taſte thee thence theſe thine things thoſe thou thoughts throne tree turn'd uſe vex'd Virgil wand'ring whence whofe whoſe wings worſe
Populaire passages
Pagina 107 - But such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar's shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between...
Pagina 201 - For God is also in sleep ; and dreams advise, Which he hath sent propitious, some great good Presaging, since, with sorrow and heart's distress Wearied, I fell asleep: but now lead on— In me is no delay : with thee to go, Is to stay here ; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling ; thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence. This further consolation yet secure I carry hence ; though all by me is lost, Such favour I, unworthy, am...
Pagina 53 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Pagina 199 - And all the rule, one empire; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance; add love, By name to come call'd charity, the soul Of all the rest : then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far.
Pagina 98 - This may be well; but what if God have seen, And death ensue? then I shall be no more, And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct: A death to think...
Pagina 137 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Pagina 25 - Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing ! The meaning, not the name, I call ; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but heavenly born, Before the hills appear'd or fountain flow'd, Thou with eternal Wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy sister, and with her didst play In presence of the Almighty Father, pleased With thy celestial song.
Pagina 49 - To ask or search, I blame thee not; for heaven Is as the book of God before thee set, Wherein to read his wondrous works...
Pagina 187 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to...
Pagina 160 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory Or monument to ages, and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers T In yonder nether world where shall I seek His bright appearances, or footstep trace...