Paradise Lost: A PoemBaudry's European Library, 1833 - 351 Seiten |
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... light brown , parted at the fore - top , and hung down upon his shoulders , according to the picture he has given of Adam . He was vigorous and active , and excelled in the exercise of the sword , and particulary the bachsword , the use ...
... light brown , parted at the fore - top , and hung down upon his shoulders , according to the picture he has given of Adam . He was vigorous and active , and excelled in the exercise of the sword , and particulary the bachsword , the use ...
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... light of revelation , were unskilful teachers of virtue ; their principal characters may be great , but they are not amiable . In Milton , every line breathes sanctity of thought , and purity of manners ; ex- cept when the train of the ...
... light of revelation , were unskilful teachers of virtue ; their principal characters may be great , but they are not amiable . In Milton , every line breathes sanctity of thought , and purity of manners ; ex- cept when the train of the ...
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... lights Homer , to preserve the unity of his action , comes to the point at once , as Horace has observed : had he gone up to Leda's egg , or begun much later , A general Critique upon the Paradise Lost, by Joseph Addison, Esquire.
... lights Homer , to preserve the unity of his action , comes to the point at once , as Horace has observed : had he gone up to Leda's egg , or begun much later , A general Critique upon the Paradise Lost, by Joseph Addison, Esquire.
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... light , the hero in the Paradise Lost is unsuccessful , and by no means equal to his enemies . This gave occasion to Dryden's reflection , that the devil was in reality Milton's hero . The Paradise Lost is an epic or a narrative poem ...
... light , the hero in the Paradise Lost is unsuccessful , and by no means equal to his enemies . This gave occasion to Dryden's reflection , that the devil was in reality Milton's hero . The Paradise Lost is an epic or a narrative poem ...
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... light than others ; so , notwithstanding I have already shown Milton's poem to be very beautiful in general , I shall now proceed to take notice of such beauties as appear to me more exquisite than the rest ( * ) . ADVERTISEMENT . The ...
... light than others ; so , notwithstanding I have already shown Milton's poem to be very beautiful in general , I shall now proceed to take notice of such beauties as appear to me more exquisite than the rest ( * ) . ADVERTISEMENT . The ...
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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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Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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
Seite 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.
Seite 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...