Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books, Volume 2J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper; and for S. Birt, C. Hitch, J. Hodges [and seven others in London], 1750 |
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... Æneid ; it is a liberty that can be taken only by fuch a genius as Milton , and I queftion whether it would have fucceeded in any hands but his . As Monfieur Vol- taire fays upon the occafion , I can- not but own that an author is gene ...
... Æneid ; it is a liberty that can be taken only by fuch a genius as Milton , and I queftion whether it would have fucceeded in any hands but his . As Monfieur Vol- taire fays upon the occafion , I can- not but own that an author is gene ...
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... Æneid . The anger that he is about to fing is an argument more heroic not only than the an- ger of men , of Achilles and Turnus , but than that even of the Gods , of Neptune and Juno . The anger of the true God is a more noble fubject ...
... Æneid . The anger that he is about to fing is an argument more heroic not only than the an- ger of men , of Achilles and Turnus , but than that even of the Gods , of Neptune and Juno . The anger of the true God is a more noble fubject ...
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... Æneid , and has given offense to feveral critics , may be accounted for the fame way . Virgil himself , before he begins that relation , pre- mises , that what he was going to tell appeared incredible , but that it was juftified by ...
... Æneid , and has given offense to feveral critics , may be accounted for the fame way . Virgil himself , before he begins that relation , pre- mises , that what he was going to tell appeared incredible , but that it was juftified by ...
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... Æneid , ver . 65 . - 825 And tibi Divum pater atque homi- num rex Et mulcere dedit fluctus et tollere vento . ver 79 . tu das epulis accumbere Divum . ver . 522 . O regina , novam cui condere Ju- piter urbem , Juftitiaque dedit gentes ...
... Æneid , ver . 65 . - 825 And tibi Divum pater atque homi- num rex Et mulcere dedit fluctus et tollere vento . ver 79 . tu das epulis accumbere Divum . ver . 522 . O regina , novam cui condere Ju- piter urbem , Juftitiaque dedit gentes ...
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... Æneid , every one must allow that this of Milton is of a much higher nature . Adam's vi fion is not confin'd to any particular To thee and to thy ofspring ; good with bad tribe 344 PARADISE LOST . Book XI . His prefence to these narrow ...
... Æneid , every one must allow that this of Milton is of a much higher nature . Adam's vi fion is not confin'd to any particular To thee and to thy ofspring ; good with bad tribe 344 PARADISE LOST . Book XI . His prefence to these narrow ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Adam's Addifon Æneid againſt alfo Angel anſwer beaft beauty becauſe Bentley beſt call'd clouds creatures death defcend defcrib'd defcribed defcription defire divine earth expreffion fafe faid fall'n fame fays fecond feems fenfe fentence ferpent feven fhall fhould fignifies fince firft firſt fleep fome fons foon foul fpeaking fpeech fruit ftars ftill fubject fuch fuppofe ground hath heav'nly Heaven Hell himſelf Hume Iliad inftances juft laft Latin lefs light likewife loft Lord Milton moft moſt muſt night numbers obferves Ovid paffage paffion Paradife Pearce perfon pleaſure poem poet pow'r reader reafon reft reply'd reprefented Richardfon rife Satan Scripture ſeems ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtars thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou Thyer tree uſed verb verfe verſes viii Virg Virgil Vulgar Latin whofe whoſe word
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Page 30 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 9 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Page 67 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle,; but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 26 - Into one place, and let dry land appear. Immediately the mountains huge appear Emergent, and their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds, their tops ascend the sky. So high as...
Page 432 - I fell asleep: but now lead on; In me is no delay; with thee to go, Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling; thou to me Art all things under Heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banished hence.
Page 93 - Be strong, live happy, and love ! But, first of all, Him, whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command...
Page 333 - Nor knowing us nor known; and if by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the will Of Him who all things can, I would not cease To weary Him with my assiduous cries. But prayer against His absolute decree No more avails than breath against the wind, Blown stifling back on him that breathes it forth: Therefore to His great bidding I submit.
Page 435 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropt ; but wip'd them soon.
Page 23 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 334 - Stood visible, among these pines his voice I heard, here with him at this fountain talk'd...