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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... thofe extravagant fictions : and his defcription of the little effect which the moft powerful enticements can produce on the refolute mind of the virtuous , while it is heightened with many beautiful turns of language , is , in its ...
... thofe extravagant fictions : and his defcription of the little effect which the moft powerful enticements can produce on the refolute mind of the virtuous , while it is heightened with many beautiful turns of language , is , in its ...
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... thofe means of acquiring honour and reputation , which are innocent and beneficial : " But , if there be in glory aught of good , " It may by means far different be obtain'd , " Without ambition , war , or violence ; 66 66 By deeds of ...
... thofe means of acquiring honour and reputation , which are innocent and beneficial : " But , if there be in glory aught of good , " It may by means far different be obtain'd , " Without ambition , war , or violence ; 66 66 By deeds of ...
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... thofe patriotick feelings which he had expreffed in the First Book of this Poem , where he . declares that one of his earliest fentiments of virtue , more than human , was marked with a wifh " To refcue Ifrael from the Roman yoke ...
... thofe patriotick feelings which he had expreffed in the First Book of this Poem , where he . declares that one of his earliest fentiments of virtue , more than human , was marked with a wifh " To refcue Ifrael from the Roman yoke ...
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... thofe vices and mifconducts then rapidly advancing to their height , which foon brought on the decline , and in the end effectuated the fall , of the Roman power . -The next object , which our Author had in view in his propofed difplay ...
... thofe vices and mifconducts then rapidly advancing to their height , which foon brought on the decline , and in the end effectuated the fall , of the Roman power . -The next object , which our Author had in view in his propofed difplay ...
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... thofe of our Lord's falling down and worshipping him . To this our Saviour answers in a fpeech of marked abhorrence blended with contempt . This draws from Satan a reply of as much art , and as finely written , as any in the Poem ; in ...
... thofe of our Lord's falling down and worshipping him . To this our Saviour answers in a fpeech of marked abhorrence blended with contempt . This draws from Satan a reply of as much art , and as finely written , as any in the Poem ; in ...
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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?