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ten years old ; and his translation of the 136th psalm , which we still possess ,
sufficiently evinces his progress in poetic expression at the early age of fifteen .
When we read in this small work of “ the golden - tressed sun , " of the moon
shining ...
ten years old ; and his translation of the 136th psalm , which we still possess ,
sufficiently evinces his progress in poetic expression at the early age of fifteen .
When we read in this small work of “ the golden - tressed sun , " of the moon
shining ...
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The personification of Winter in his “ ice - ypearled car , ” is conceived and
expressed in the spirit of genuine poetry ; and ... 10th * stanzas entertain us with
a crowd of beauties , unneighboured by a thought , a line , or , scarcely , an
expression ...
The personification of Winter in his “ ice - ypearled car , ” is conceived and
expressed in the spirit of genuine poetry ; and ... 10th * stanzas entertain us with
a crowd of beauties , unneighboured by a thought , a line , or , scarcely , an
expression ...
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For fluency and sweetness of numbers ; for command and purity of expression ;
for variety and correctness of imagery , we shall look in vain for his equal among
the latin poets of his age and his country . May , the continuator and imitator of ...
For fluency and sweetness of numbers ; for command and purity of expression ;
for variety and correctness of imagery , we shall look in vain for his equal among
the latin poets of his age and his country . May , the continuator and imitator of ...
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A critical eye may sometimes detect in these compositions an expression , which
an Augustan writer would not , perhaps , acknowledge as authentic ; and a
reader of taste may sometimes wish for more compression in the style ; and may
be ...
A critical eye may sometimes detect in these compositions an expression , which
an Augustan writer would not , perhaps , acknowledge as authentic ; and a
reader of taste may sometimes wish for more compression in the style ; and may
be ...
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But he could only calculate the contingencies , not fasten his sight ( if the
expression may be allowed to me ) on the realities of futurity . If some minister of
the divine wrath , commissioned to disclose the vision of our poet's advancing life
, liad ...
But he could only calculate the contingencies , not fasten his sight ( if the
expression may be allowed to me ) on the realities of futurity . If some minister of
the divine wrath , commissioned to disclose the vision of our poet's advancing life
, liad ...
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Página 70 - Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide; Towers and battlements it sees Bosomed high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Página 159 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he, who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Página 240 - The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates PROVING THAT IT IS LAWFUL, AND HATH BEEN HELD SO THROUGH ALL AGES, FOR ANY WHO HAVE THE POWER TO CALL TO ACCOUNT A TYRANT, OR WICKED KING, AND AFTER DUE CONVICTION TO DEPOSE AND PUT HIM TO DEATH, IF THE ORDINARY MAGISTRATE HAVE NEGLECTED OR DENIED TO DO IT.
Página 341 - Death by force, though pale and faint. Mine, as whom washed from spot of child-bed taint Purification in the Old Law did save, And such as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.
Página 210 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble...
Página 336 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Página 38 - No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high uphung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by.
Página 143 - I endure to interrupt the pursuit of no less hopes than these, and leave a calm and pleasing solitariness, fed with cheerful and confident thoughts, to embark in a troubled sea of noises and hoarse disputes, put from beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies...
Página 109 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out His seraphim with the...
Página 428 - The punishment of dissolute days : in fine, Just or unjust, alike seem miserable, For oft alike both come to evil end.
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| Título | The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volumen7 The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Charles Symmons Volumen7 de The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Interspersed with Translations and Critical Remarks, Charles Symmons |
| Autores | John Milton, Charles Symmons |
| Editor | J. Johnson, 1806 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 12 Sep. 2007 |
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