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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It was once my intention to prefix fome essays to this work , ' one upon Milton's
stile , another upon his versification , a third upon his imitations & c ; but upon
more mature deliberation I concluded that the same things would have a better
effect ...
It was once my intention to prefix fome essays to this work , ' one upon Milton's
stile , another upon his versification , a third upon his imitations & c ; but upon
more mature deliberation I concluded that the same things would have a better
effect ...
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... first the younger and afterwards the elder : and some others of his intimate
friends requested of himn the same favor for their sons , especially since there
was little more trouble in instructing half a dozen than two or three : and he , who
could ...
... first the younger and afterwards the elder : and some others of his intimate
friends requested of himn the same favor for their sons , especially since there
was little more trouble in instructing half a dozen than two or three : and he , who
could ...
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And in an eclogue , made soon after his return to England upon the death of his
friend and schoolfellow Deodati , he proposed the same design and the same
subject , and declared his ambition of writing something in his native language ...
And in an eclogue , made soon after his return to England upon the death of his
friend and schoolfellow Deodati , he proposed the same design and the same
subject , and declared his ambition of writing something in his native language ...
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... that they can compofe better at any other time , with more facility and with more
spirit , than during the heat and languor of summer . Whenever the poem was
wrote , it was finished in 1665 , and as Elwood says was shown to him that same
...
... that they can compofe better at any other time , with more facility and with more
spirit , than during the heat and languor of summer . Whenever the poem was
wrote , it was finished in 1665 , and as Elwood says was shown to him that same
...
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After the same the diminution of it , than if they manner , Æneas makes his first
apfhould say Adam is not Æneas , nor pearance in the Tyrrhene seas , and Eve
Helen . within fight of Italy , because the I shall therefore examine it by action ...
After the same the diminution of it , than if they manner , Æneas makes his first
apfhould say Adam is not Æneas , nor pearance in the Tyrrhene seas , and Eve
Helen . within fight of Italy , because the I shall therefore examine it by action ...
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Adam againſt alſo ancient Angels appear arms beauty becauſe Bentley beſt better called callid Cant death deep deſcribed divine earth edition equal fall fame Father fight fire firſt gates give glory Gods hand hath head Heaven Hell himſelf Homer Hume Iliad Italy kind king laſt Latin learned leſs light likewiſe lines living Lord manner mean Milton mind morning moſt muſt nature never night obſerve pain Paradiſe particular paſſage Pearce perhaps perſon poem poet proper reader reaſon river round ſaid ſame Satan ſays ſecond ſee ſeems ſenſe ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome ſon ſpeaking ſpeech Spirits ſuch thee theſe things thoſe thou thought throne tion turn uſe verſe Virgil whole whoſe wings write
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 414 - By none ; and if not equal all, yet free, Equally free ; for orders and degrees Jar not with liberty, but well consist.
Página 31 - Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight; till on dry land He lights — if it were land that ever...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 354 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Página 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.
Página 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...