Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from the Text of Tonson's Correct Edition of 1711. A New Edition, with Notes and the Life of the Author, in Three Volumes, by Thomas Newton, ...proprietors, 1795 |
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... Serpent ; ] An imitation of Homer , Iliad . i . 8 . where the question is asked , and the answer returned much in the same manner . 38 . by whose aid aspiring To set himself in glory , above his peers , ] Here Dr. Bentley objects , that ...
... Serpent ; ] An imitation of Homer , Iliad . i . 8 . where the question is asked , and the answer returned much in the same manner . 38 . by whose aid aspiring To set himself in glory , above his peers , ] Here Dr. Bentley objects , that ...
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... Serpent and the fall of Man , though they are very astonishing in themselves , are not only credible but actual points of faith . The next method of reconciling mi- racles with credibility , is by a happy invention of the poet ; as in ...
... Serpent and the fall of Man , though they are very astonishing in themselves , are not only credible but actual points of faith . The next method of reconciling mi- racles with credibility , is by a happy invention of the poet ; as in ...
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... serpent , that the fury Alecto had flung upon Amata , creeps soitly over her , Vipeream inspirans animam- Pertentat sensus . 819. So started up in his own shape the Fiend ] His planting himself at the ear of Eve under the form of a toad ...
... serpent , that the fury Alecto had flung upon Amata , creeps soitly over her , Vipeream inspirans animam- Pertentat sensus . 819. So started up in his own shape the Fiend ] His planting himself at the ear of Eve under the form of a toad ...
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... serpent , which is the Devil and Satan , men- tioned in the Revelation , xx . 3 . 971. Proud limitary Cherub , ] Thou proud prescribing An- gel that presumest to limit me , and appoint my prison , ac- cording to Mr. Hume . Or rather ...
... serpent , which is the Devil and Satan , men- tioned in the Revelation , xx . 3 . 971. Proud limitary Cherub , ] Thou proud prescribing An- gel that presumest to limit me , and appoint my prison , ac- cording to Mr. Hume . Or rather ...
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... Serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field , that he tempted the woman to eat of the forbidden fruit , that she was overcome by this temptation , and that Adam fol- lowed her example . From these few particulars , Milton has ...
... Serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field , that he tempted the woman to eat of the forbidden fruit , that she was overcome by this temptation , and that Adam fol- lowed her example . From these few particulars , Milton has ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adam and Eve Adam's Addison Æneid æther afterwards agreeable Alcinous alludes ancient appear beauty Beelzebub Belial Bentley called cant Chaos circumstance clouds creation Death described divine Dryden earth evil expression eyes fable Faery Queen fallen Angels father fire fruit garden gates gives glory Gods Greek hath Heaven Hell Homer Hume Iliad images imagination imitation infernal judgment Jupiter kind king Latin light likewise Lord mankind manner mentioned Milton mind moral mount mount Ida mountains nature night Nisroch noble numbers observe occasion Ovid Paradise Lost parents particular passage passion Pearce persons poet poetical poetry proper Psal reader reason represented Richardson river Satan says Scripture seems sense sentiments serpent signifies speaking speech Spenser spirit stars sublime suppose syllable thee things thou thought throne Thyer tion tree unto verse viii Virg Virgil word
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 200 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Seite 180 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Seite 231 - And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Seite 167 - My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken ; the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Seite 213 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Seite 212 - And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host : and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Seite 233 - And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife ; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan ; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Seite 115 - Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky With hideous ruin and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine* chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Seite 196 - And I looked, and behold, a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death, and hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Seite 237 - Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.