Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, 1 tomasJ. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750 |
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... Homer only excepted . It is im- poffible for the imagination of man to diftend itself with greater ideas , than those which he has laid toge- ther in his firft , fecond and fixth books . The feventh , which de- fcribes the creation of ...
... Homer only excepted . It is im- poffible for the imagination of man to diftend itself with greater ideas , than those which he has laid toge- ther in his firft , fecond and fixth books . The feventh , which de- fcribes the creation of ...
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... Homer , however , in his characters of Vul- can and Therfites , in his ftory of Mars and Venus , in his behaviour of Irus , and in other paffages , has been obferved to have lapfed into the burlefque character , and to have departed ...
... Homer , however , in his characters of Vul- can and Therfites , in his ftory of Mars and Venus , in his behaviour of Irus , and in other paffages , has been obferved to have lapfed into the burlefque character , and to have departed ...
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... Homer , they would not fhock the ear of the most delicate modern reader , fo much as they would have done that of an old Greek or Roman , be- cause we never hear them pro- nounced in our streets , or in ordi- nary conversation . It is ...
... Homer , they would not fhock the ear of the most delicate modern reader , fo much as they would have done that of an old Greek or Roman , be- cause we never hear them pro- nounced in our streets , or in ordi- nary conversation . It is ...
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... Homer talk in their own perfons . Befides that af- fuming the character of an eminent man is apt to fire the imagination , and raise the ideas of the author . Tully tells us , mentioning his dia- logue of old age , in which Cato is the ...
... Homer talk in their own perfons . Befides that af- fuming the character of an eminent man is apt to fire the imagination , and raise the ideas of the author . Tully tells us , mentioning his dia- logue of old age , in which Cato is the ...
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... Homer and Virgil were ma- fters of all the learning of their times , but it fhows itself in their works , after an indirect and con- cealed manner . Milton feems am- bitious of letting us know , by his excurfions on free - will and pre ...
... Homer and Virgil were ma- fters of all the learning of their times , but it fhows itself in their works , after an indirect and con- cealed manner . Milton feems am- bitious of letting us know , by his excurfions on free - will and pre ...
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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.
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