The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The SpectatorE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1810 |
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... Milton 263. Letters on the relative Duties of Parents AD ST AD and Children - between a Mother and Son ST 264. On living in a particular Way - Character of Irus - Letters from Estcourt - from Sir Roger STE 265. Female Head - dress ...
... Milton 263. Letters on the relative Duties of Parents AD ST AD and Children - between a Mother and Son ST 264. On living in a particular Way - Character of Irus - Letters from Estcourt - from Sir Roger STE 265. Female Head - dress ...
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... Milton ; and as I have drawn more quo- tations out of him than from any other , I shall enter into a regular criticism upon his Paradise Lost , which I shall publish every Saturday , until I have given my thoughts upon that poem . I ...
... Milton ; and as I have drawn more quo- tations out of him than from any other , I shall enter into a regular criticism upon his Paradise Lost , which I shall publish every Saturday , until I have given my thoughts upon that poem . I ...
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... Milton's Paradise Lost may be called an heroic poem ? Those who will not give it that title , may call it ( if they please ) a di- vine poem . It will be sufficient to its perfection , if it has in it all the beauties of the highest ...
... Milton's Paradise Lost may be called an heroic poem ? Those who will not give it that title , may call it ( if they please ) a di- vine poem . It will be sufficient to its perfection , if it has in it all the beauties of the highest ...
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... Milton , in imitation of these two great poets , opens his Paradise Lost with an infernal council plotting the fall of man , which is the action he proposed to celebrate ; and as for those great actions , which preceded in point of time ...
... Milton , in imitation of these two great poets , opens his Paradise Lost with an infernal council plotting the fall of man , which is the action he proposed to celebrate ; and as for those great actions , which preceded in point of time ...
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... Milton , with the like art in his poem on the fall of man , has related the fall of those angels who are his professed enemies . Besides the many other beauties in such an episode , its running parallel with the great action of the poem ...
... Milton , with the like art in his poem on the fall of man , has related the fall of those angels who are his professed enemies . Besides the many other beauties in such an episode , its running parallel with the great action of the poem ...
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Էջ 246 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Էջ 246 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Էջ 248 - Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way.
Էջ 251 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Էջ 133 - For joy of offer'd peace: but I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Էջ 250 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Էջ 218 - Milton's sentiments and ideas were so wonderfully sublime, that it would have been impossible for him to have represented them in their full strength and beauty, without having recourse to these foreign assistances. Our language sunk under him, and was unequal to that greatness of soul which furnished him with such glorious conceptions.
Էջ 284 - Man, about this time To be created like to us, though less In power and excellence, but favour'd more Of him who rules above ; so was his will Pronounced among the gods, and by an oath, That shook Heaven's whole circumference, confirm'd.
Էջ 247 - His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created being of the most exalted and most depraved nature. Such is that in which he takes possession of his place of torments : -Hail horrors ! hail Infernal world ! and thou profoundest hell Receive thy new possessor, one who brings A mind not to be chang"d by place or time. And afterwards : , Here at least We shall be free ! th...
Էջ 247 - What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? here at least We shall be free ; th...