Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Volumen1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750 |
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... arms . And in his hand a reed Stood waving tipt with fire . The graffy clods now calv'd.- Spangled with eyes In these and innumerable other inftances , the metaphors are very bold but juft ; I must however ob- ferve , that the metaphors ...
... arms . And in his hand a reed Stood waving tipt with fire . The graffy clods now calv'd.- Spangled with eyes In these and innumerable other inftances , the metaphors are very bold but juft ; I must however ob- ferve , that the metaphors ...
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... V 49 . Who durft defy th ' Omnipotent to arms . Sometimes the Spondee or foot of two long fyllables as in v . 21 . Dove - like satft brooding on the vaft abyss . quantity • Brought death into the world , and all our Book I. PARADISE LOST !
... V 49 . Who durft defy th ' Omnipotent to arms . Sometimes the Spondee or foot of two long fyllables as in v . 21 . Dove - like satft brooding on the vaft abyss . quantity • Brought death into the world , and all our Book I. PARADISE LOST !
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... arms . 45 Nine times the space that measures day and night 50 To mortal men , he with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd , rolling in the fiery gulf , Confounded though immortal : But his doom Referv'd him to more wrath ; for now the ...
... arms . 45 Nine times the space that measures day and night 50 To mortal men , he with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd , rolling in the fiery gulf , Confounded though immortal : But his doom Referv'd him to more wrath ; for now the ...
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... arms ? yet not for those , Nor what the potent victor in his rage Can else inflict , do I repent or change , 95 Though chang'd in outward luftre , that fix'd mind , And high difdain from fenfe of injur'd merit , thefe words for the ...
... arms ? yet not for those , Nor what the potent victor in his rage Can else inflict , do I repent or change , 95 Though chang'd in outward luftre , that fix'd mind , And high difdain from fenfe of injur'd merit , thefe words for the ...
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... arm'd , That durft dislike his reign , and me preferring , His utmost pow'r with adverse pow'r oppos'd In dubious battel on the plains of Heaven , 100 And shook his throne . What though the field be loft ? All is not loft ; th ...
... arm'd , That durft dislike his reign , and me preferring , His utmost pow'r with adverse pow'r oppos'd In dubious battel on the plains of Heaven , 100 And shook his throne . What though the field be loft ? All is not loft ; th ...
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
Pasajes populares
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.