The Poetical Works of John MiltonPhillips, Samson,, 1854 - 748 Seiten |
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... Adam and Eve to all other personi- fications in poetry ! It has been objected that the subject is too lofty and solemn for human sympathy ; — a tasteless and absurd criticism . Of mere earthly scenery , what can equal the garden of Eden ...
... Adam and Eve to all other personi- fications in poetry ! It has been objected that the subject is too lofty and solemn for human sympathy ; — a tasteless and absurd criticism . Of mere earthly scenery , what can equal the garden of Eden ...
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... Adam and Eve before the fall might not appear so utterly hopeless : but as they then partook of divinity , nothing but the boldest imagination could have ventured upon the subject . The sentiments appropriate to such characters could ...
... Adam and Eve before the fall might not appear so utterly hopeless : but as they then partook of divinity , nothing but the boldest imagination could have ventured upon the subject . The sentiments appropriate to such characters could ...
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... Adam and Eve before the Fall are a different species from that of mankind , who are descended from them ; and none but a poet of the most unbounded invention and the most exquisite judgment , could have filled their conversation and ...
... Adam and Eve before the Fall are a different species from that of mankind , who are descended from them ; and none but a poet of the most unbounded invention and the most exquisite judgment , could have filled their conversation and ...
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... Adam and Eve , together with his transforming himself into different shapes , in order to hear their conversations , are circumstances that give an agreeable surprise to the reader , and are devised with great art , to connect that ...
... Adam and Eve , together with his transforming himself into different shapes , in order to hear their conversations , are circumstances that give an agreeable surprise to the reader , and are devised with great art , to connect that ...
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... Adam and Eve , Addi- son says , " These , and the like wonderful incidents in this part of the work , have in them all the beauties of novelty , at the same time that they have all the graces of nature : they are such as none but a ...
... Adam and Eve , Addi- son says , " These , and the like wonderful incidents in this part of the work , have in them all the beauties of novelty , at the same time that they have all the graces of nature : they are such as none but a ...
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