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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He was very sparing in the use of wine or strong liquors of any kind . Let meaner
poets make use of such expedients to raise their fancy and kindle their
imagination . ' He wanted not any artificial spirits ; he had a natural fire , and poe !
ic ...
He was very sparing in the use of wine or strong liquors of any kind . Let meaner
poets make use of such expedients to raise their fancy and kindle their
imagination . ' He wanted not any artificial spirits ; he had a natural fire , and poe !
ic ...
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It will be sufficient to its perfection , it it has in it all the beauties of the highest kind
of poetry ; and as for those who allege it is not an heroic poem , they advance no
more to the diminution of it , than if they should say Adam is not Æneas , nor ...
It will be sufficient to its perfection , it it has in it all the beauties of the highest kind
of poetry ; and as for those who allege it is not an heroic poem , they advance no
more to the diminution of it , than if they should say Adam is not Æneas , nor ...
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I will not presume to say , that the book of games in the Æneid , or that in the Iliad
, are not of this nature ; nor to reprehend Virgil's simile of the top , and many other
of the same kind in the Iliad , as liable to any censure in this particular ; but I ...
I will not presume to say , that the book of games in the Æneid , or that in the Iliad
, are not of this nature ; nor to reprehend Virgil's simile of the top , and many other
of the same kind in the Iliad , as liable to any censure in this particular ; but I ...
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Milton has but a few faila irgs in this kind , of which , however , you may meet with
some instances , as in the following passages . Imbrio's and idiots , ermites and
friars , } bite , black and grey with all their rrumpey , Here pilgrims rcamA wh le ...
Milton has but a few faila irgs in this kind , of which , however , you may meet with
some instances , as in the following passages . Imbrio's and idiots , ermites and
friars , } bite , black and grey with all their rrumpey , Here pilgrims rcamA wh le ...
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I have iaken some pains in a former paper , to show that this kind of implex fable ,
wherein the event is unhappy , is more apt to affect any audience than that of the
first kind ; notwithstanding many excellent pieces among the Ancients , .s well ...
I have iaken some pains in a former paper , to show that this kind of implex fable ,
wherein the event is unhappy , is more apt to affect any audience than that of the
first kind ; notwithstanding many excellent pieces among the Ancients , .s well ...
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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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