Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, 1 tomasJ. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750 |
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... Virgil , and Milton into profe : and blank verfe their language has not harmony and dignity enough to fupport ; their tragedies , and many of their comedies are in rime . Rolli , the fa- mous Italian mafter here in England , made an Ita ...
... Virgil , and Milton into profe : and blank verfe their language has not harmony and dignity enough to fupport ; their tragedies , and many of their comedies are in rime . Rolli , the fa- mous Italian mafter here in England , made an Ita ...
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... 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 ; but I think we may fay , without derogating from those wonderful performances , that there is an indifputable ...
... 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 ; but I think we may fay , without derogating from those wonderful performances , that there is an indifputable ...
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... Virgil falls infinitely fhort of Homer in the characters of his poem , both as to their variety and novelty . Æneas is indeed a perfect character , but as for Achates , tho ' he is filed the heroe's friend , he does nothing in the whole ...
... Virgil falls infinitely fhort of Homer in the characters of his poem , both as to their variety and novelty . Æneas is indeed a perfect character , but as for Achates , tho ' he is filed the heroe's friend , he does nothing in the whole ...
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... Virgil . The reader will find nothing afcribed to Uriel , Gabriel , Michael , or Raphael , which is not in a particular man- ner fuitable to their respective cha- racters . There is another circumftance in the principal actors of the ...
... Virgil . The reader will find nothing afcribed to Uriel , Gabriel , Michael , or Raphael , which is not in a particular man- ner fuitable to their respective cha- racters . There is another circumftance in the principal actors of the ...
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... Virgil has excelled all others in the propriety of his fen- timents . Milton fhines likewife very much in this particular : Nor muft we omit one confideration which adds to his honor and re- putation . Homer and Virgil in- troduced ...
... Virgil has excelled all others in the propriety of his fen- timents . Milton fhines likewife very much in this particular : Nor muft we omit one confideration which adds to his honor and re- putation . Homer and Virgil in- troduced ...
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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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39 psl. - 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...
33 psl. - 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?
32 psl. - 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.
xii psl. - ... 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...
144 psl. - 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!
254 psl. - 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...
354 psl. - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
xciii psl. - 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.
398 psl. - 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...
307 psl. - Unargued I obey, so GOD ordains; GOD is thy law, thou mine; to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.