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Side xxii
... Spirit , is addressed to the audience : a mode of communi- cation so contrary to the nature of dramatic representation , that no precedents can support it . « The discourse of the Spirit is too long ; an objection that may be made to ...
... Spirit , is addressed to the audience : a mode of communi- cation so contrary to the nature of dramatic representation , that no precedents can support it . « The discourse of the Spirit is too long ; an objection that may be made to ...
Side xxv
... of Milton's mind might be said to sublimate his learning , to throw off , into his work , the spirit of science unmingled with its grosser parts . « He had considered creation in its whole extent ; LIFE OF MILTON . XXV.
... of Milton's mind might be said to sublimate his learning , to throw off , into his work , the spirit of science unmingled with its grosser parts . « He had considered creation in its whole extent ; LIFE OF MILTON . XXV.
Side xxvii
... spirits ; and even they are compelled to acknowledge their subjection to the Deity , in such a manner as excites reverence , aud confirms piety . « Of human beings , in this sublime poem , there are but two ; but those two are the ...
... spirits ; and even they are compelled to acknowledge their subjection to the Deity , in such a manner as excites reverence , aud confirms piety . « Of human beings , in this sublime poem , there are but two ; but those two are the ...
Side xxviii
... spirits . He saw that immateriality supplied no images , and that he could not shew angels acting but by instruments ... spirit and matter , which pervades the whole narration of the war of heaven , fills it with incongruity , » And the ...
... spirits . He saw that immateriality supplied no images , and that he could not shew angels acting but by instruments ... spirit and matter , which pervades the whole narration of the war of heaven , fills it with incongruity , » And the ...
Side xliv
... spirits are described as rallying the angels upon the success of their new invented artillery . This pas- sage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem . Having already treated of the fable , the characters , and ...
... spirits are described as rallying the angels upon the success of their new invented artillery . This pas- sage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem . Having already treated of the fable , the characters , and ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Æneid Almighty angels answer'd appear'd Aristotle arm'd arms beast behold blank verse bliss bright burning lake call'd celestial Cherub cherubim cloud creatures dark death deep delight divine dreadful dwell earth epic poem eternal evil eyes fable fair Fair angel faith fall'n Father fear fire fix'd fruit glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heaven heavenly hell hill Homer Iliad join'd king labour lest light live mankind Messiah Milton mind mov'd nature night numbers o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pass'd peace pleas'd poem poet praise rais'd reign return'd round sapience Satan seat seem'd serpent shalt sight soon spake spirits stood sublime sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thyself tree turn'd vex'd Virgil whence wings wonder words
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Side 13 - Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Side 66 - 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.
Side 5 - Hurled headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy th
Side 4 - OF Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Side 11 - Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
Side 109 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Side 127 - But know that, in the soul, Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief: among these, Fancy next Her office holds; of all external things, Which the five watchful senses represent, She forms imaginations, aery shapes, Which Reason, joining or disjoining, frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion ; then retires Into her private cell, when Nature rests.
Side 110 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Side 7 - What though the field be lost ? All is not lost — the unconquerable will. And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield ; And what is else not to be overcome ? That glory never shall his wrath or might no Extort from me.
Side 92 - 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 I fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...