A Familiar Explanation of the Poetical Works of Milton: To which is Prefixed Mr. Addison's Criticism on Paradise Lost ; with a Preface by the Rev. Mr. DoddJ. and R. Tonson, 1762 - 144 páginas |
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... to recommend it especially to Pa- rents , and those who have the Care of Youth ; if they are defirous that their Chil- dren and Trusts fhould be acquainted with the the Graces of the British Homer , they will do vi PREFACE .
... to recommend it especially to Pa- rents , and those who have the Care of Youth ; if they are defirous that their Chil- dren and Trusts fhould be acquainted with the the Graces of the British Homer , they will do vi PREFACE .
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... Homer , they will do well to put this little Work into their Hands ; and thereby give them an Oppor- tunity to understand what they read . The fair Sex in particular will receive great Ad- vantages from it ; and with the fair Sex that ...
... Homer , they will do well to put this little Work into their Hands ; and thereby give them an Oppor- tunity to understand what they read . The fair Sex in particular will receive great Ad- vantages from it ; and with the fair Sex that ...
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... Homer , to pre- ferve the Unity of his Action , haftens into the Midst of Things , as Horace has obferved : Had he gone up to Leda's Egg , or begun much later , even at the Rape of Helen , or the Invefting of Troy , it is mani- feft ...
... Homer , to pre- ferve the Unity of his Action , haftens into the Midst of Things , as Horace has obferved : Had he gone up to Leda's Egg , or begun much later , even at the Rape of Helen , or the Invefting of Troy , it is mani- feft ...
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... Homer has nothing to boast of as to the Unity of his Fable , though at the fame time that great Critic and Philofopher endeavours to palliate this Imperfection in the Greek Poet by imputing it in fome Measure to the very Na- ture of an ...
... Homer has nothing to boast of as to the Unity of his Fable , though at the fame time that great Critic and Philofopher endeavours to palliate this Imperfection in the Greek Poet by imputing it in fome Measure to the very Na- ture of an ...
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... Homer and Virgil have fhewn their principal Art in this Particular ; the Action of the Iliad , and that of the Æneid , were in them- felves exceeding short , but are fo beautifully extended B 4 and and diverfified by the Invention of ...
... Homer and Virgil have fhewn their principal Art in this Particular ; the Action of the Iliad , and that of the Æneid , were in them- felves exceeding short , but are fo beautifully extended B 4 and and diverfified by the Invention of ...
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Página 117 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Página 74 - For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 108 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Página 43 - A shout that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
Página 31 - Milton seems to have been sensible of this imperfection in his fable, and has therefore endeavoured to cure it by several expedients...
Página 6 - Troy, and engaged all the gods in factions. ^Eneas's settlement in Italy produced the Caesars and gave birth to the Roman Empire. Milton's subject was still greater than either of the former; it does not determine the fate of single persons or nations, but of a whole species.
Página 115 - But when such persons are introduced as principal actors, and engaged in a series of adventures, they take too much upon them, and are by no means proper for an heroic poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal parts.
Página 81 - The author appears in a kind of composed and sedate majesty; and though the sentiments do not give so great an emotion as those in the former book, they abound with as magnificent ideas. The sixth book, like a troubled ocean, represents greatness in confusion; the seventh affects the imagination like the ocean in a calm, and fills the mind of the reader, without producing in it any thing like tumult or agitation.
Página 134 - I have endeavoured to show how some passages are beautiful by being sublime, others by being soft, others by being natural; which of them are recommended by the passion, which by the moral, which by the sentiment, and which by the expression.
Página 15 - ... of others. Virgil has excelled all others in the propriety of his sentiments. Milton...