Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Volumen1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750 |
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... was a very great man , of parts inferior to few , of learning fupe- rior to most men ; and he has made fome very judi- cious and useful remarks upon the Paradife Loft ,, though 1 though in the general they may rather be called PREF A CE .
... was a very great man , of parts inferior to few , of learning fupe- rior to most men ; and he has made fome very judi- cious and useful remarks upon the Paradife Loft ,, though 1 though in the general they may rather be called PREF A CE .
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... called the dotages of Dr. Bentley . He was more fagacious in finding faults , than happy in mending them ; and if he had confined himself only to the former , he might have had better fuccefs ; but when he at- tempted the latter , and ...
... called the dotages of Dr. Bentley . He was more fagacious in finding faults , than happy in mending them ; and if he had confined himself only to the former , he might have had better fuccefs ; but when he at- tempted the latter , and ...
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... their academies as they are called , the meetings of the most polite and ingenious perfons , which they have in this , as well as in the other C 2 principal principal cities of Italy , for the exercise and im The LIFE of MILTON . xi.
... their academies as they are called , the meetings of the most polite and ingenious perfons , which they have in this , as well as in the other C 2 principal principal cities of Italy , for the exercise and im The LIFE of MILTON . xi.
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... called to a work of another kind . For foon af- ter the King's death was published a book under his name intitled Εικων Βασιλικη , or the royal image : and this book , like Cæfar's laft will , making a deeper impreffion , and exciting ...
... called to a work of another kind . For foon af- ter the King's death was published a book under his name intitled Εικων Βασιλικη , or the royal image : and this book , like Cæfar's laft will , making a deeper impreffion , and exciting ...
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... of the greatest and most confummate scholars of that age : and is commended by Milton himself in his Reason of Church Government , and called the learned D 4 ་ ། learned Salmafius . And befides his great learning The LIFE of MILTON . xxxi.
... of the greatest and most confummate scholars of that age : and is commended by Milton himself in his Reason of Church Government , and called the learned D 4 ་ ། learned Salmafius . And befides his great learning The LIFE of MILTON . xxxi.
Términos y frases comunes
Adam Adam and Eve Addifon Æneid againſt alfo Angels battel beauty becauſe befides Bentley call'd Cant circumftances darkneſs defcribed defcription earth expreffion exprefs faid Fairy Queen fame fays fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments feven feveral fhall fhort fhould fhows fide fight fignifies fince fire firft firſt fome fometimes fons foon fpeaking fpeech ftars ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fyllable hath Heaven Hell himſelf hoft Homer Hume Iliad inftances itſelf juft king laft laſt Latin lefs likewife meaſure Milton moft moſt muft muſt night obferves occafion Ovid paffage Paradife Loft Pearce perfon poem poet pow'r praiſe prefent profe publiſhed radife reader reafon reft Richardfon rife Satan ſhall ſpeak Spenfer Spirits ſtood Taffo thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thor thoſe thou thought throne Thyer tion tranflation uſed verfe verſe Virg Virgil whofe whoſe word worfe
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Página 39 - Like night, and darken'd all the land of Nile: So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell...
Página 33 - Lie thus astonished on the oblivious pool, And call them not to share with us their part In this unhappy mansion, or once more, With rallied arms, to try what may be yet Regained in Heaven, or what more lost in Hell?
Página 32 - Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Página xii - ... there), met with acceptance above what was looked for; and other things, which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them, were received with written encomiums, which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps...
Página 144 - 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 254 - 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 354 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Página xciii - Besides, it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fiction, as they were in no danger of offending the religion of their country by it. But as for Milton, he had not only a very few circumstances upon which to raise his poem, but was also obliged to proceed with the greatest caution in every thing that he added out of his own invention.
Página 398 - Hear, all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers ; Hear my decree, which unrevoked shall stand. This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son, and on this holy hill Him have anointed, whom ye now behold At my right hand; your head I him appoint; And by myself have sworn, to him shall bow All knees in heaven, and shall confess him Lord...
Página 307 - Unargued I obey, so GOD ordains; GOD is thy law, thou mine; to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.