The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Band 4C. and J. Rivington; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; J. and W.T. Clarke; Longman and Company ... [and 17 others], 1826 |
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... fall off , and become languid , in the conclusion . The six last books of the Eneid , and the twelve last of the Odyssey , have been thought inferiour to the preceding parts of those poems . In the Paradise Lost the two last books fall ...
... fall off , and become languid , in the conclusion . The six last books of the Eneid , and the twelve last of the Odyssey , have been thought inferiour to the preceding parts of those poems . In the Paradise Lost the two last books fall ...
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... fall , of the Roman power.- -The next object , which our Author had in view in his proposed display of Heathen excellence , was a scene of a dif- ferent , but no less intoxicating , kind ; Athens , in all its pride of literature and ...
... fall , of the Roman power.- -The next object , which our Author had in view in his proposed display of Heathen excellence , was a scene of a dif- ferent , but no less intoxicating , kind ; Athens , in all its pride of literature and ...
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... falling down and worshipping him . To this our Saviour answers in a speech of marked abhorrence blended with contempt . This draws from Satan a reply of as much art , and as finely written , as any in the Poem ; in which he endeavours ...
... falling down and worshipping him . To this our Saviour answers in a speech of marked abhorrence blended with contempt . This draws from Satan a reply of as much art , and as finely written , as any in the Poem ; in which he endeavours ...
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... fall of Satan , with its successive illustrations , ver . 562 to ver . 580 , have all the boldness of Salvator Rosa ; while the Angels supporting our Lord , " as on a floating couch , through the blithe air , " is a sweetly pleasing and ...
... fall of Satan , with its successive illustrations , ver . 562 to ver . 580 , have all the boldness of Salvator Rosa ; while the Angels supporting our Lord , " as on a floating couch , through the blithe air , " is a sweetly pleasing and ...
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... fall of Adam : " Cursed is the ground for thy sake : Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee . " THYER . In the fourth book of this poem , ( ver . 523 ) we have , " And follow'd thee still on to this waste wild . " Waste ...
... fall of Adam : " Cursed is the ground for thy sake : Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee . " THYER . In the fourth book of this poem , ( ver . 523 ) we have , " And follow'd thee still on to this waste wild . " Waste ...
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Seite 52 - And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead?
Seite 473 - He tugged, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder, Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors...
Seite 157 - Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other...
Seite 481 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame; nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Seite 483 - All is best, though we oft doubt, What the unsearchable dispose Of Highest Wisdom brings about, And ever best found in the close. Oft He seems to hide His face, But unexpectedly returns, And to His faithful champion hath in place Bore witness gloriously; whence Gaza mourns, And all that band them to resist His uncontrollable intent: His servants He, with new acquist Of true experience from this great event, With peace and consolation hath dismissed, And calm of mind, all passion spent.
Seite 270 - But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching The solid rules of civil government, In their majestic unaffected style, Than all the oratory of Greece and Rome. In them is plainest taught, and easiest learnt, What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so, What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat; These only with our law best form a king.
Seite 11 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Seite 268 - These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, but yet to some (though most abuse) in every nation : and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility...
Seite 62 - God hath now sent his living oracle Into the world to teach his final will, And sends his spirit of truth henceforth to dwell In pious hearts, an inward oracle To all truth requisite for men to know.
Seite 141 - Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king — Which every wise and virtuous man attains ; And who attains not ill aspires to rule Cities of men, or headstrong multitudes, 470 Subject himself to anarchy within, Or lawless passions in him, which he serves.