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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For he had by no means observed the rule , recommended to him by Sir Henry
Woiton , of keeping his thoughts close ... Dominicans and Franciscans thought :
And tho ' the Marquis of Villa had shown him such distinguishing marks of favor at
...
For he had by no means observed the rule , recommended to him by Sir Henry
Woiton , of keeping his thoughts close ... Dominicans and Franciscans thought :
And tho ' the Marquis of Villa had shown him such distinguishing marks of favor at
...
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His great work of Paradise Lost had principally engaged his thoughts for some
years past , and was now completed . It is probable , that his first design of writing
an epic poem was owing to his conversa . tions at Naples with the Marquis of ...
His great work of Paradise Lost had principally engaged his thoughts for some
years past , and was now completed . It is probable , that his first design of writing
an epic poem was owing to his conversa . tions at Naples with the Marquis of ...
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... but was visited even then by persons of distinction , both foreigners and others
: that he kept his daughters at a great distance , and would not allow them to
learn to write , which he thought unnecessary for a woman : that her mother was
his ...
... but was visited even then by persons of distinction , both foreigners and others
: that he kept his daughters at a great distance , and would not allow them to
learn to write , which he thought unnecessary for a woman : that her mother was
his ...
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From what has been said we But since several thoughts may may infer , that as
there are two be natural which are low and kinds of sentiments , the natural
groveling , an epic poet fould not and the sublime , which are always only avoid
such ...
From what has been said we But since several thoughts may may infer , that as
there are two be natural which are low and kinds of sentiments , the natural
groveling , an epic poet fould not and the sublime , which are always only avoid
such ...
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He dares not sented all the abstruse doctrins of give his imagination its full play ,
predeftination , free - will and grace , but chooses to confine himself to as also the
great points of incarna . such thoughts as are drawn from tion and redemption ...
He dares not sented all the abstruse doctrins of give his imagination its full play ,
predeftination , free - will and grace , but chooses to confine himself to as also the
great points of incarna . such thoughts as are drawn from tion and redemption ...
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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...