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, Volumen5J. Johnson, 1809 |
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... fome defcription , or epifode , of the most embellished and at- tractive kind .-- Among the various beauties , which adorn this truly divine Poem , the most distinguishable and captivating feature of ex- cellence is the character of ...
... fome defcription , or epifode , of the most embellished and at- tractive kind .-- Among the various beauties , which adorn this truly divine Poem , the most distinguishable and captivating feature of ex- cellence is the character of ...
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... fome learned men in this respect , is highly confiftent with the argument of this Poem ; and is fo far from originating in that fanaticism , with which fome of his ableft com- mentators have chosen to brand our Author , that it ferves ...
... fome learned men in this respect , is highly confiftent with the argument of this Poem ; and is fo far from originating in that fanaticism , with which fome of his ableft com- mentators have chosen to brand our Author , that it ferves ...
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... fome further dif courfe about it , I pleafantly faid to him , Thou haft faid much of Paradife Loft , but what haft thou to fay of Paradife Found ? He made me no anfwer , but fat fome time in a mufe ; then broke off that difcourfe , and ...
... fome further dif courfe about it , I pleafantly faid to him , Thou haft faid much of Paradife Loft , but what haft thou to fay of Paradife Found ? He made me no anfwer , but fat fome time in a mufe ; then broke off that difcourfe , and ...
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... fome degree , the idea of Paradife Regained , as well as of Paradife Loft ; for thus the writer fpeaks , at no great lapfe of time from Milton's death , in defcribing + Florence : " Hinc quoque Miltoni deductum Nobile Carmen , 66 Atque ...
... fome degree , the idea of Paradife Regained , as well as of Paradife Loft ; for thus the writer fpeaks , at no great lapfe of time from Milton's death , in defcribing + Florence : " Hinc quoque Miltoni deductum Nobile Carmen , 66 Atque ...
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... fome- times twenty or thirty verfes . Being asked , whether he did not often read Homer and Virgil , the understood it as an imputation upon him for stealing from thofe authors , and answered with ' eagerness , " he ftole from nobody ...
... fome- times twenty or thirty verfes . Being asked , whether he did not often read Homer and Virgil , the understood it as an imputation upon him for stealing from thofe authors , and answered with ' eagerness , " he ftole from nobody ...
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Página 157 - They err, who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide, to overrun Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault : what do these worthies, But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations, neighbouring or remote, Made captive, yet deserving freedom more Than those their conquerors...
Página 446 - But patience is more oft the exercise Of saints, the trial of their fortitude, Making them each his own deliverer, And victor over all That tyranny or fortune can inflict.
Página 467 - Farewell! a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Página 481 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame, nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Página 351 - Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Página 155 - Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other ; And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues, and be their talk, Of whom to be dispraised were no small praise ? His lot who dares be singularly good.
Página 8 - ... 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...
Página 431 - Look now for no enchanting voice, nor fear The bait of honied words; a rougher tongue Draws hitherward, I know him by his stride, The giant Harapha of Gath, his look Haughty as is his pile high-built and proud.
Página 318 - The circumscription of time wherein the whole drama begins and ends, is according to ancient rule, and best example, within the space of twenty-four hours.
Página 369 - But what more oft in nations grown corrupt, And by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty; And to despise, or envy, or suspect Whom GOD hath of His special favour raised As their deliverer?