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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more copious under each of these heads , and especially under the last : but I
would not produce every thing that hath any similitude and resemblance , but
only such paffages as we may suppose the author really alluded to , and had in
mind ...
more copious under each of these heads , and especially under the last : but I
would not produce every thing that hath any similitude and resemblance , but
only such paffages as we may suppose the author really alluded to , and had in
mind ...
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... says , from Milton near Halton and Thame in Oxfordshire : where it florished
several years , till at last the estate was sequester'd , one of the family having
taken the unfortunate fide in the civil wars between the houses of York and
Lancaster .
... says , from Milton near Halton and Thame in Oxfordshire : where it florished
several years , till at last the estate was sequester'd , one of the family having
taken the unfortunate fide in the civil wars between the houses of York and
Lancaster .
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... fome years sooner clouded ) a mist “ arose which hid every thing on that side ;
and looking forward if I shut my right eye , objects appear'd smaller . My other eye
also , for these 66 last « « last three years , fading by degrees , Xxxviii The LIFE ...
... fome years sooner clouded ) a mist “ arose which hid every thing on that side ;
and looking forward if I shut my right eye , objects appear'd smaller . My other eye
also , for these 66 last « « last three years , fading by degrees , Xxxviii The LIFE ...
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By the last aflignment it appears , that the book was growing into repute and
rising in valuation ; and to what perverseness could it be owing that it was not
better received at first ? We conceive there were principally two reasons ; the
prejudices ...
By the last aflignment it appears , that the book was growing into repute and
rising in valuation ; and to what perverseness could it be owing that it was not
better received at first ? We conceive there were principally two reasons ; the
prejudices ...
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She knows nothing of her aunt Philips or Agar's descendents , but believes that
they are all extinct : as is likewise Sir Christopher Milton's family , the last of which
, she says , were two maiden sisters , Mrs. Mary and Mrs. Catharine Milton , who ...
She knows nothing of her aunt Philips or Agar's descendents , but believes that
they are all extinct : as is likewise Sir Christopher Milton's family , the last of which
, she says , were two maiden sisters , Mrs. Mary and Mrs. Catharine Milton , who ...
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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...