The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Spectator [no. 162-483H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 8 páginas |
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... MILTON to KIRKE WHITE , Cabinet Edition , comprising , in a very small but remarkably clear type , as much matter as the sixty volumes of Johnson's Poets . Complete in 4 Vols . , with Frontispieces . 14s . CARY'S TRANSLATION OF DANTE ...
... MILTON to KIRKE WHITE , Cabinet Edition , comprising , in a very small but remarkably clear type , as much matter as the sixty volumes of Johnson's Poets . Complete in 4 Vols . , with Frontispieces . 14s . CARY'S TRANSLATION OF DANTE ...
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... Milton's death , Grinn'd horribly a ghastly smile.— He His muscles were so drawn together on each side of his face that he showed twenty teeth at a grin , and put the country in some pain , lest a foreigner should carry away the honour ...
... Milton's death , Grinn'd horribly a ghastly smile.— He His muscles were so drawn together on each side of his face that he showed twenty teeth at a grin , and put the country in some pain , lest a foreigner should carry away the honour ...
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... Milton has thus represented the fallen angels reasoning together in a kind of respite from their torments , and creating to them- selves a new disquiet amidst their very amusements : he could not properly have described the sports of ...
... Milton has thus represented the fallen angels reasoning together in a kind of respite from their torments , and creating to them- selves a new disquiet amidst their very amusements : he could not properly have described the sports of ...
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... Milton , in a joyous assembly of imaginary persons , has given a very poetical figure of laugh- ter . His whole band of mirth is so finely described , that I shall set the passage down at length . But come , thou goddess , fair and free ...
... Milton , in a joyous assembly of imaginary persons , has given a very poetical figure of laugh- ter . His whole band of mirth is so finely described , that I shall set the passage down at length . But come , thou goddess , fair and free ...
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... Milton's Para- dise Lost may be called an heroic poem ? Those who will not give it that title , may call it ( if they please ) a divine poem . It will be sufficient to its perfection , if it has in it all the beauties of the highest ...
... Milton's Para- dise Lost may be called an heroic poem ? Those who will not give it that title , may call it ( if they please ) a divine poem . It will be sufficient to its perfection , if it has in it all the beauties of the highest ...
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Página 254 - O'er other creatures : yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best...
Página 281 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Página 439 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Página 446 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Página 155 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Página 37 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Página 252 - By quick instinctive motion, up I sprung, As thitherward endeavouring, and upright Stood on my feet: about me round I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams; by these Creatures that lived and moved, and walked or flew; Birds on the branches warbling; ~a.ll things smiled; With fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflowed.
Página 228 - Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad...
Página 486 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 480 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.