Samson AgonistesRivingtons, 1890 |
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... expression would be , ' In such part . . . so . ' Milton here seems to imitate the Greek use of the relative ( olos , öσos , & c . ) where we use the demonstrative . Bereft me ; i.e. taken ( reft , A.S. reafian , ' to rob ' ) from me ...
... expression would be , ' In such part . . . so . ' Milton here seems to imitate the Greek use of the relative ( olos , öσos , & c . ) where we use the demonstrative . Bereft me ; i.e. taken ( reft , A.S. reafian , ' to rob ' ) from me ...
Էջ 59
... expression to his grief , gets it , as it were , into compass . Swage for assuage . So scape for escape , & c . 190 Bear in their superscription . On their face friend is written ; but it is a counterfeit face , a face pretending to be ...
... expression to his grief , gets it , as it were , into compass . Swage for assuage . So scape for escape , & c . 190 Bear in their superscription . On their face friend is written ; but it is a counterfeit face , a face pretending to be ...
Էջ 60
... expression . Something within drove me on . That something was the divine inspiration , to which too , in some sense at least , Milton himself laid claim . See a note on the words " persuaded inwardly , " in the Argument ; and line 1689 ...
... expression . Something within drove me on . That something was the divine inspiration , to which too , in some sense at least , Milton himself laid claim . See a note on the words " persuaded inwardly , " in the Argument ; and line 1689 ...
Էջ 75
... expressions as οἶδα ὤν . Paradise Lost , ix . 792 , " And knew not eating death . " 842 Keightley suggests that Milton dictated , " And by evasions , " & c . He points out that there is often confusion between and and or . 843 , et seq ...
... expressions as οἶδα ὤν . Paradise Lost , ix . 792 , " And knew not eating death . " 842 Keightley suggests that Milton dictated , " And by evasions , " & c . He points out that there is often confusion between and and or . 843 , et seq ...
Էջ 80
... expression- " When we lay next us what we hold most dear , Like Hercules envenomed shirts we wear , And cleaving mischiefs . " — Aurungzebe , ii . 1 . In his way to virtue adverse and turbulent . Eur . Orest . 604- αἰεὶ γυναῖκες ἐμποδὼν ...
... expression- " When we lay next us what we hold most dear , Like Hercules envenomed shirts we wear , And cleaving mischiefs . " — Aurungzebe , ii . 1 . In his way to virtue adverse and turbulent . Eur . Orest . 604- αἰεὶ γυναῖκες ἐμποδὼν ...
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Էջ 49 - God not parted from him, as was feared, But favouring and assisting to the end. 1720 Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame; nothing but well and fair, \nd what may quiet us, in a death so noble. Let
Էջ 50 - And to his faithful champion hath in place Bore witness gloriously; whence Gaza mourns, And all that band them to resist His uncontrollable intent. His servants He, with new acquist Of true experience from this great event, With peace and consolation hath dismist, And calm of mind, all passion spent. But
Էջ 75 - T is almost morning, I would have thee gone, And yet no further than a wanton's bird, Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk thread plucks it back again, So loving-jealous of his liberty.
Էջ 21 - much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat: Nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself; My race of glory run, and race of shame, And I shall shortly be with them that rest. MANOA. Believe not these suggestions, which proceed From anguish of the mind, and humours black 600 To prosecute
Էջ 24 - 710 Female of sex it seems— That, so bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing, Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play ; An amber scent of odorous perfume
Էջ 67 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth my high-blown pride At length broke under me.
Էջ 51 - What the lofty grave tragedians taught In chorus or iambic, teachers best Of moral prudence, with delight received, In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of fate, and chance, and change in human life; High actions and high passions best describing.
Էջ 18 - Nothing more certain, will not long defer To vindicate the glory of his name Against all competition, nor will long Endure it doubtful whether God be Lord Or Dagon. But for thee what shall be done ? Thou must not in the meanwhile, here forgot, Lie in this miserable loathsome plight 480
Էջ 5 - Sophocles, and Euripides, the three Tragic poets unequall'd yet by any, and the best rule to all who endeavour to write Tragedy. The circumscription of time wherein the whole Drama begins and ends, is according to antient rule, and best example, within the space of 24 hours. THE ARGUMENT. SAMSON made Captive, Blind, and now in the Prison
Էջ 7 - rush upon me thronging, and present O, wherefore was my birth from Heaven foretold Twice by an Angel, who at last, in sight Of both my parents, all in flames ascended From off the altar where an offering burned, As in a fiery column charioting Or benefit revealed to Abraham's race