Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Bind 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750 |
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... say that it ought by no means to be laid , as it has been , upon Your Lordship . It is not my business to give any offenfe , and I in- tend none . I abhor defamation , and I scorn as much to flatter your Lordship or any man . But it may ...
... say that it ought by no means to be laid , as it has been , upon Your Lordship . It is not my business to give any offenfe , and I in- tend none . I abhor defamation , and I scorn as much to flatter your Lordship or any man . But it may ...
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... say : and if I am partial to Your Lordship's character , there are other reasons which have made me fo , befides the friendship and kindness which You have shown to me me upon all occafions . Your love of re- ligion DEDICATION .
... say : and if I am partial to Your Lordship's character , there are other reasons which have made me fo , befides the friendship and kindness which You have shown to me me upon all occafions . Your love of re- ligion DEDICATION .
Side lxxx
... say that one tongue was enough for a woman : but this employment was very irkfome to them , and this together with the sharpness and feverity of their mother in law made them very uneafy at home ; and therefore they were all fent abroad ...
... say that one tongue was enough for a woman : but this employment was very irkfome to them , and this together with the sharpness and feverity of their mother in law made them very uneafy at home ; and therefore they were all fent abroad ...
Side xcii
... say Adam is not Æneas , nor Eve Helen . Propert . Paradife Loft , in these three feve- ral lights . Homer to preserve the unity of his action haftens into the midit of things , as Horace has ob- ferved : Had he gone up to Leda's egg ...
... say Adam is not Æneas , nor Eve Helen . Propert . Paradife Loft , in these three feve- ral lights . Homer to preserve the unity of his action haftens into the midit of things , as Horace has ob- ferved : Had he gone up to Leda's egg ...
Side xciv
... say , that the book of games in the Æneid , or that in the Iliad , are not of this nature , nor to re- prehend Virgil's fimile of the top , and many other of the fame kind in the Iliad , as liable to any cen- fure in this particular ...
... say , that the book of games in the Æneid , or that in the Iliad , are not of this nature , nor to re- prehend Virgil's fimile of the top , and many other of the fame kind in the Iliad , as liable to any cen- fure in this particular ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Addifon Æneid againſt alfo Angels battel beauty becauſe befides Bentley call'd Cant circumftances darkneſs defcribed defcription earth expreffion exprefs faid Fairy Queen fame fays fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments feven feveral fhall fhort fhould fhows fide fight fignifies fince fire firft firſt fome fometimes fons foon fpeaking fpeech ftars ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fyllable hath Heaven Hell himſelf hoft Homer Hume Iliad inftances itſelf juft king laft laſt Latin lefs likewife meaſure Milton moft moſt muft muſt night obferves occafion Ovid paffage Paradife Loft Pearce perfon poem poet pow'r praiſe prefent profe publiſhed radife reader reafon reft Richardfon rife Satan ſhall ſpeak Spenfer Spirits ſtood Taffo thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thor thoſe thou thought throne Thyer tion tranflation uſed verfe verſe Virg Virgil whofe whoſe word worfe
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Side 39 - Like night, and darken'd all the land of Nile: So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell...
Side 33 - Lie thus astonished on the oblivious pool, And call them not to share with us their part In this unhappy mansion, or once more, With rallied arms, to try what may be yet Regained in Heaven, or what more lost in Hell?
Side 32 - Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Side xii - ... there), met with acceptance above what was looked for; and other things, which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them, were received with written encomiums, which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps...
Side 144 - 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!
Side 254 - 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...
Side 354 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Side xciii - Besides, it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fiction, as they were in no danger of offending the religion of their country by it. But as for Milton, he had not only a very few circumstances upon which to raise his poem, but was also obliged to proceed with the greatest caution in every thing that he added out of his own invention.
Side 398 - Hear, all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers ; Hear my decree, which unrevoked shall stand. This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son, and on this holy hill Him have anointed, whom ye now behold At my right hand; your head I him appoint; And by myself have sworn, to him shall bow All knees in heaven, and shall confess him Lord...
Side 307 - Unargued I obey, so GOD ordains; GOD is thy law, thou mine; to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.