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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... 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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It is probable , that his first design of writing an epic poem was owing to his
conversa . tions at Naples with the Marquis of Villa about Tasso and his famous
poem of the delivery of Jerusalem ; and in a copy of verses presented to that
nobleman ...
It is probable , that his first design of writing an epic poem was owing to his
conversa . tions at Naples with the Marquis of Villa about Tasso and his famous
poem of the delivery of Jerusalem ; and in a copy of verses presented to that
nobleman ...
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who took exception at some passages , and particularly at that noble fimile , in
the first book , of the sun in an eclipse , in which he fancied that he had
discovered treason . It was with difficulty too that the author could sell the copy ;
and he sold ...
who took exception at some passages , and particularly at that noble fimile , in
the first book , of the sun in an eclipse , in which he fancied that he had
discovered treason . It was with difficulty too that the author could sell the copy ;
and he sold ...
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Anne the eldest was decrepit and deformed , but had a very handsome face ; the
married a master - builder , and died in childbed of her first child , who died with
her . Mary the second lived and died single . Deborah the youngest in her ...
Anne the eldest was decrepit and deformed , but had a very handsome face ; the
married a master - builder , and died in childbed of her first child , who died with
her . Mary the second lived and died single . Deborah the youngest in her ...
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... be taken for a defect , though it may seem so perhaps to vulgar readers , that it
rather is to be esteemed an example fet , the first in English , of ancient liberty
recovered to heroic poem , from the troublesome and modern bondage of riming .
... be taken for a defect , though it may seem so perhaps to vulgar readers , that it
rather is to be esteemed an example fet , the first in English , of ancient liberty
recovered to heroic poem , from the troublesome and modern bondage of riming .
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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...
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| Título | Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. The Sixth Edition. With Notes of Various Authors, by Thomas Newton, D.D. ... Eighteenth century Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. The Sixth Edition. With Notes of Various Authors, by Thomas Newton, D.D, John Milton |
| Autor | John Milton |
| Editor | J. and R. Tonson, B. Dodd, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin [and 8 others in London], 1763 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 19 Jun. 2007 |
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