Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. The Sixth Edition. With Notes of Various Authors, by Thomas Newton, D.D. ...J. and R. Tonson, B. Dodd, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin [and 8 others in London], 1763 |
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... give fome encouragement to the art of designing here in England ; for it is greatly to be la- mented , when we can produce models in poetry fuperior to any or all the nations in Europe , that we fhould be deficient and inferior to ...
... give fome encouragement to the art of designing here in England ; for it is greatly to be la- mented , when we can produce models in poetry fuperior to any or all the nations in Europe , that we fhould be deficient and inferior to ...
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... give any offense , and I in- tend none . I abhor defamation , and I scorn as much to flatter Your Lordship or any man . But it may be said , I hope without offense , I am fure without flattery , that it is in Your Lordship's power to ...
... give any offense , and I in- tend none . I abhor defamation , and I scorn as much to flatter Your Lordship or any man . But it may be said , I hope without offense , I am fure without flattery , that it is in Your Lordship's power to ...
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... give fome proof of his wit and reading there , and his produc- tions were received with written encomiums which the Italian is not forward to beftow on men of this fide the Alps . Jacomo Gaddi , Antonio Francini , Carlo Dati , Beneditto ...
... give fome proof of his wit and reading there , and his produc- tions were received with written encomiums which the Italian is not forward to beftow on men of this fide the Alps . Jacomo Gaddi , Antonio Francini , Carlo Dati , Beneditto ...
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... give his judgment of it : and con- fidering the difficulties which the author lay under , his uncafinefs on account of the public affairs and his own , his age and infirmities , his gout and blind- nefs , his not being in circumftances ...
... give his judgment of it : and con- fidering the difficulties which the author lay under , his uncafinefs on account of the public affairs and his own , his age and infirmities , his gout and blind- nefs , his not being in circumftances ...
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... give it an air of antiquity , and fometimes rifes to a furprising dignity and majefty . In 1670 likewife his Paradife Regain'd and Sam- fon Agonistes were licenced together , but were not published till the year following . It is ...
... give it an air of antiquity , and fometimes rifes to a furprising dignity and majefty . In 1670 likewife his Paradife Regain'd and Sam- fon Agonistes were licenced together , but were not published till the year following . It is ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Addifon Æneid againſt alfo Angels battel beauty becauſe befides beft Belial Bentley call'd Cant darkneſs defcribed defcription earth expreffion exprefs Faery Queen faid fame fays fecond feems feen fenfe fent fentiments ferve feven feveral fhall fhort fhould fhows fide fight fignifies fince fire firft firſt fome fometimes fons foon fpeaking fpeech ftars ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fyllable glory hath Heaven Hell himſelf hoft Homer Hume Iliad inftance king laft Latin lefs likewife meaſure Milton moft Moloch moſt muft muſt night obferves occafion Ovid paffage Paradife Loft Pearce perfon poem poet pow'r prefent profe publiſhed radife reader reafon reft reprefented Richardfon rifing Satan ſhall Spenfer Spirits ſtood Taffo thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought throne Thyer tion tranflated uſed verfe Virg Virgil whofe whoſe word worfe
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Էջ vii - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly and foul contagion spread; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once and smite no more.
Էջ 186 - 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.
Էջ 414 - By none ; and if not equal all, yet free, Equally free ; for orders and degrees Jar not with liberty, but well consist.
Էջ 31 - Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight; till on dry land He lights — if it were land that ever...
Էջ 256 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Էջ 257 - Ah, wherefore! he deserved no such return From me, whom he created what I was In that bright eminence, and with his good Upbraided none; nor was his service hard.
Էջ 146 - Whence and what art thou, execrable shape! That dar'st, though grim and terrible, advance Thy miscreated front athwart my way To yonder gates? through them I mean to pass, That be assured, without leave asked of thee: Retire, or taste thy folly; and learn by proof, Hell-born! not to contend with spirits of Heaven!
Էջ 354 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Էջ 79 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements: from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith, like a falling star, On Lemnos, the Aegean isle.
Էջ 272 - Upon the rapid current, which, through veins Of porous earth with kindly thirst up-drawn, Rose a fresh fountain, and with many a rill Water'd the garden ; thence united fell Down the steep glade, and met the nether flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears ; And now, divided into four main streams, Runs diverse, wandering many a famous realm And country...