Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. The Sixth Edition. With Notes of Various Authors, by Thomas Newton, D.D. ...J. and R. Tonson, B. Dodd, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin [and 8 others in London], 1763 |
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The life of the author it is almost become a cu . stom to prefix to a new edition of
his works į for when we admire the writer , we are curious also to know something
of the man : and the life of Milton is not barely a history of his works , but is ...
The life of the author it is almost become a cu . stom to prefix to a new edition of
his works į for when we admire the writer , we are curious also to know something
of the man : and the life of Milton is not barely a history of his works , but is ...
i. oldal
... but he was not so devoted to gain and to business , as to lose all taste of the
politer arts , and was particularly skilled in music , in which he was not only a fine
performer , but is also celebrated for several pieces of his compofition I but THE ...
... but he was not so devoted to gain and to business , as to lose all taste of the
politer arts , and was particularly skilled in music , in which he was not only a fine
performer , but is also celebrated for several pieces of his compofition I but THE ...
ii. oldal
but is also celebrated for several pieces of his compofition : and yet on the other
hand he was not so fond of his music and amusements , as in the least to neglect
his business , but by his diligence and economy acquired a competent estate ...
but is also celebrated for several pieces of his compofition : and yet on the other
hand he was not so fond of his music and amusements , as in the least to neglect
his business , but by his diligence and economy acquired a competent estate ...
li. oldal
And it is probable that he did not barely sketch out the plans , but also wrote
some parts of the drama itself . His nephew Philips informs us , that some of the
verses at the beginning of Satan's speech , addressed to the sun in the fourth
book ...
And it is probable that he did not barely sketch out the plans , but also wrote
some parts of the drama itself . His nephew Philips informs us , that some of the
verses at the beginning of Satan's speech , addressed to the sun in the fourth
book ...
xcii. oldal
Not without cause therefore some both Italian and Spanish poets of prime note
have rejected rime both in longer and shorter works , as have also long since our
best English tragedies , as a thing of itself , to all judicious ears , trivial and of no ...
Not without cause therefore some both Italian and Spanish poets of prime note
have rejected rime both in longer and shorter works , as have also long since our
best English tragedies , as a thing of itself , to all judicious ears , trivial and of no ...
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Adam againſt alſo ancient Angels appear arms beauty becauſe Bentley beſt better called callid Cant death deep deſcribed divine earth edition equal fall fame Father fight fire firſt gates give glory Gods hand hath head Heaven Hell himſelf Homer Hume Iliad Italy kind king laſt Latin learned leſs light likewiſe lines living Lord manner mean Milton mind morning moſt muſt nature never night obſerve pain Paradiſe particular paſſage Pearce perhaps perſon poem poet proper reader reaſon river round ſaid ſame Satan ſays ſecond ſee ſeems ſenſe ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome ſon ſpeaking ſpeech Spirits ſuch thee theſe things thoſe thou thought throne tion turn uſe verſe Virgil whole whoſe wings write
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vii. oldal - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly and foul contagion spread; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once and smite no more.
186. oldal - And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
414. oldal - By none ; and if not equal all, yet free, Equally free ; for orders and degrees Jar not with liberty, but well consist.
31. oldal - Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight; till on dry land He lights — if it were land that ever...
256. oldal - 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...
257. oldal - Ah, wherefore! he deserved no such return From me, whom he created what I was In that bright eminence, and with his good Upbraided none; nor was his service hard.
146. oldal - 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!
354. oldal - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
79. oldal - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements: from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith, like a falling star, On Lemnos, the Aegean isle.
272. oldal - Upon the rapid current, which, through veins Of porous earth with kindly thirst up-drawn, Rose a fresh fountain, and with many a rill Water'd the garden ; thence united fell Down the steep glade, and met the nether flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears ; And now, divided into four main streams, Runs diverse, wandering many a famous realm And country...