Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from the Text of Tonson's Correct Edition of 1711. A New Edition, with Notes and the Life of the Author, in Three Volumes, by Thomas Newton, ... |
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Homer he could repeat almost all without book ; and he was advised to
undertake a translation of his works , which no doubt he would have executed to
admiration . But ( as he says of himself in his postscript to the Judgment of Martin
Bucer ) ...
Homer he could repeat almost all without book ; and he was advised to
undertake a translation of his works , which no doubt he would have executed to
admiration . But ( as he says of himself in his postscript to the Judgment of Martin
Bucer ) ...
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Homer , to preserve the unity of his action , hastens into the midst of things , as
Horace has observed : had he gone up . to Leda's egg , or begun much later ,
even at the rape of Helen , or the investing of Troy , it is manifest that the story of
the ...
Homer , to preserve the unity of his action , hastens into the midst of things , as
Horace has observed : had he gone up . to Leda's egg , or begun much later ,
even at the rape of Helen , or the investing of Troy , it is manifest that the story of
the ...
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Besides it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fiction , as they
were in no danger of offenuing the religion of their country by it . But as for Milton ,
he had not only very few circumstances upon which to raise his poem , but was ...
Besides it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fiction , as they
were in no danger of offenuing the religion of their country by it . But as for Milton ,
he had not only very few circumstances upon which to raise his poem , but was ...
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Homer does not only outshine all other poets in the variety , but also in the
novelty of his characters . He has introduced among his Grecian princes a person
, who had lived in three ages of men , and conversed with Theseus , Hercul's ...
Homer does not only outshine all other poets in the variety , but also in the
novelty of his characters . He has introduced among his Grecian princes a person
, who had lived in three ages of men , and conversed with Theseus , Hercul's ...
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Homer and Virgil introduced persons whose claraciers are commonly known
among men , and such as are to be met with either in history , or in ordinary
conversation . Milton's characters , most of them , lie ot of nature , and were to be
formed ...
Homer and Virgil introduced persons whose claraciers are commonly known
among men , and such as are to be met with either in history , or in ordinary
conversation . Milton's characters , most of them , lie ot of nature , and were to be
formed ...
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Página 139 - Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heav'nly Muse...
Página 272 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Página 146 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him haply slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-founder'd skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Página 256 - Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range, by thee Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Página 140 - Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the...
Página 253 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet But wherefore all night long shine these?
Página 188 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and hydras, and chimeras dire.
Página 170 - The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumb not still, That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse.
Página 165 - Indian mount, or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Página 190 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either: black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from the Text of Tonson's Correct Edition of 1711. A New Edition, with Notes and the Life of the Author, in Three Volumes, by Thomas Newton, ... Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from the Text of Tonson's Correct Edition of 1711. A New Edition, with Notes and the Life of the Author, in Three Volumes, by Thomas Newton, John Milton |
| Autor | John Milton |
| Editor | proprietors, 1795 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 25 Sep. 2006 |
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