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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... Iliad or Æneid , in the beauties which are effential to that kind of writing . The firft thing to be confider'd in an epic poem , is the fable , which is perfect or imperfect , according as the action , which it relates is more or less ...
... Iliad or Æneid , in the beauties which are effential to that kind of writing . The firft thing to be confider'd in an epic poem , is the fable , which is perfect or imperfect , according as the action , which it relates is more or less ...
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... Iliad , are not of this nature ; nor to re- prehend Virgil's fimile of the top , and many others of the fame kind in the Iliad , as liable to any cen- fure in this particular ; but think we may fay , without derogating from those ...
... Iliad , are not of this nature ; nor to re- prehend Virgil's fimile of the top , and many others of the fame kind in the Iliad , as liable to any cen- fure in this particular ; but think we may fay , without derogating from those ...
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... Iliad and neid the space of time , which is taken up by the action of each of those poems ; but as a great part of Milton's ftory was tranfacted in regions that lie out of the reach of the fun and the fphere of day , it is impoffible to ...
... Iliad and neid the space of time , which is taken up by the action of each of those poems ; but as a great part of Milton's ftory was tranfacted in regions that lie out of the reach of the fun and the fphere of day , it is impoffible to ...
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... Iliad . If we look into the characters of Milton , we fhall find that he has introduced all the variety his fable was capable of receiving . The whole fpecies of mankind was in two perfons at the time to which the fubject of his poem is ...
... Iliad . If we look into the characters of Milton , we fhall find that he has introduced all the variety his fable was capable of receiving . The whole fpecies of mankind was in two perfons at the time to which the fubject of his poem is ...
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... Iliad and Eneid , which gives a peculiar beauty to thofe two poems , and was therefore contrived with very great judgment . I mean the au- thors having chofen for their he- roes perfons who were fo nearly re- lated to the people for ...
... Iliad and Eneid , which gives a peculiar beauty to thofe two poems , and was therefore contrived with very great judgment . I mean the au- thors having chofen for their he- roes perfons who were fo nearly re- lated to the people for ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Addifon Æneid againſt alfo Angels battel beauty becauſe befides beft Belial Bentley call'd Cant darkneſs defcribed defcription earth expreffion exprefs Faery Queen faid fame fays fecond feems feen fenfe fent fentiments ferve 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 glory hath Heaven Hell himſelf hoft Homer Hume Iliad inftance king laft Latin lefs likewife meaſure Milton moft Moloch moſt muft muſt night obferves occafion Ovid paffage Paradife Loft Pearce perfon poem poet pow'r prefent profe publiſhed radife reader reafon reft reprefented Richardfon rifing Satan ſhall Spenfer Spirits ſtood Taffo thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought throne Thyer tion tranflated uſed verfe Virg Virgil whofe whoſe word worfe
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