A Critical Dissertation with Notes on Milton's Paradise RegainedMillar, 1748 - 49 էջ |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 8–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 5
... Mind . A Poet therefore ought to make it his fecondary Aim to please , in order to in- struct with greater Succefs . With this Aim it was that Proportion and Harmony in Numbers were in- vented , and that Verfe has been adjusted to fo ...
... Mind . A Poet therefore ought to make it his fecondary Aim to please , in order to in- struct with greater Succefs . With this Aim it was that Proportion and Harmony in Numbers were in- vented , and that Verfe has been adjusted to fo ...
Էջ 6
... Mind . But when Images of moral Beauty are exhibited to view ; when blended Colours are made expreffive of Diftrefs , of Compaffion , of Generofity , of Continence ; and the Pencil awakens every tender and kind Affection in our Breafts ...
... Mind . But when Images of moral Beauty are exhibited to view ; when blended Colours are made expreffive of Diftrefs , of Compaffion , of Generofity , of Continence ; and the Pencil awakens every tender and kind Affection in our Breafts ...
Էջ 15
... Minds Led captive ; ceafe t'admire , and all her Plumes Fall flat , and fhrink into a trivial Toy , At ev'ry fuddain flighting quite abash'd : Therefore with manlier Objects we must try His Conftancy , with fuch as have more Shew Of ...
... Minds Led captive ; ceafe t'admire , and all her Plumes Fall flat , and fhrink into a trivial Toy , At ev'ry fuddain flighting quite abash'd : Therefore with manlier Objects we must try His Conftancy , with fuch as have more Shew Of ...
Էջ 20
... Mind . What if with like Averfion I reject Riches and Realms ; yet not for that a Crown , Golden in Shew , is but a Wreath of Thorns , Brings Dangers , Troubles , Cares , and fleepless Nights To him who wears the regal Diadem , When on ...
... Mind . What if with like Averfion I reject Riches and Realms ; yet not for that a Crown , Golden in Shew , is but a Wreath of Thorns , Brings Dangers , Troubles , Cares , and fleepless Nights To him who wears the regal Diadem , When on ...
Էջ 21
... Mind So reigning can be no fincere Delight.- Befides to give a Kingdom hath been thought Greater and nobler done , and to lay down Far more magnanimous than to affume . 2 Riches are needless then , both for themselves , And for thy ...
... Mind So reigning can be no fincere Delight.- Befides to give a Kingdom hath been thought Greater and nobler done , and to lay down Far more magnanimous than to affume . 2 Riches are needless then , both for themselves , And for thy ...
Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all
A Critical Dissertation with Notes on Milton's Paradise Regained Richard Meadowcourt Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2016 |
A Critical Dissertation With Notes on Milton's Paradise Regained Richard Meadowcourt Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2019 |
Common terms and phrases
Againſt antient aught Beafts beautiful befides Book caft Defart deferving Defire Delight deſcribed Eaſtern fide Embaffies Epicurean Errata of 1671 fave fcarce feem'd fhould firft firſt fome foon fubdue fuch fweet Mouft Glory and Fame greateſt Herd higheſt himſelf Honour humming Sound infpired Inftruction Jefus is conducted leaſt lefs Lines lively Colours Luft Method of Tempta Milton moſt Mouft is pour'd Mount Palatine Th Mountain Jefus muſt Night nobleft Architects Numbers over-reach'd where leaft Paffions Paradife Loft Paradife Regain'd Parthian Perfons Pleaſure Poem Poet Praife Praiſe Pride Profpect receiv'd refolv'd to renew Repulſe Roman Empire Rome rour Satan Saviour ſeem Senfe ſerve ſhameful Silence brought Socrates Son of God ſpeak ſtately Succefs ſweet Syene Tarpeian Rock Tempter tempting Thebez thee thefe themſelves thence theſe thofe thoſe Tonfon's Edit Underſtanding Unleſs where moral Uſe Verfe veys the Roman Virtue is expreffed Waſte whofe whoſe Wiſdom
Սիրված հատվածներ
Էջ 25 - Look once more ere we leave this specular mount Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence...
Էջ 24 - 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...
Էջ 23 - 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...
Էջ 18 - Hesperides, that seem'd Fairer than feign'd of old or fabled since Of faery damsels, met in forest wide By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, Lancelot, or Pelleas, or Pellenore.
Էջ 27 - Wise men have said, are wearisome ; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge ; As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
Էջ 22 - Of nations ; there the capitol thou seest Above the rest lifting his stately head On the Tarpeian rock, her citadel Impregnable, and there Mount Palatine, The...
Էջ 24 - Mars the other; Till conqueror Death discover them scarce men, Rolling in brutish vices, and deformed, Violent or shameful death their due reward. But if there be in glory aught of good, It may by means far different be attained Without ambition, war, or violence ; By deeds of peace, by wisdom eminent, By patience, temperance : I mention still Him whom thy wrongs with saintly patience borne Made famous in a land and times obscure.
Էջ 19 - Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare; more apt To slacken virtue, and abate her edge Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise.
Էջ 28 - Though rooted deep as high, and sturdiest oaks, Bow'd their stiff necks, loaden with stormy blasts, Or torn up sheer.
Էջ 25 - Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees...