The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Volume 4J. Johnson, 1809 |
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... perfon : But that human frailty is to be forgiven in Milton ; nay , I am pleafed with it . He gratifies the curiofity he has raised in me about his perfon ; when I admire the author , I defire to know fomething of the man ; and he ...
... perfon : But that human frailty is to be forgiven in Milton ; nay , I am pleafed with it . He gratifies the curiofity he has raised in me about his perfon ; when I admire the author , I defire to know fomething of the man ; and he ...
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... perfon , or to poem . Me , of these Nor fkill'd nor ftudious , higher argument Remains ; fufficient of itself to raise That name , unless an age too late , or cold 40 formed at princely marriages , and other high folemnities . The jouft ...
... perfon , or to poem . Me , of these Nor fkill'd nor ftudious , higher argument Remains ; fufficient of itself to raise That name , unless an age too late , or cold 40 formed at princely marriages , and other high folemnities . The jouft ...
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... perfon more . As one who long in populous city pent , Where houses thick and fewers annoy the air , Forth iffuing on a fummer's morn , to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd , from each thing met conceives delight ...
... perfon more . As one who long in populous city pent , Where houses thick and fewers annoy the air , Forth iffuing on a fummer's morn , to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd , from each thing met conceives delight ...
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... perfon , ex- preffed by the ferpent in the Adamo of Andreini , might suggest to Milton the thought of this glozing proem . See note on v . 606 . However , Milton's temptation is fo artfully conducted , so beauti- fully described , that ...
... perfon , ex- preffed by the ferpent in the Adamo of Andreini , might suggest to Milton the thought of this glozing proem . See note on v . 606 . However , Milton's temptation is fo artfully conducted , so beauti- fully described , that ...
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... perfon and great admirer of Milton fays , " that to give to do a thing , " is , in his opinion , one of the most beautiful ex- preffions in all the poetical language , as in Homer , H. i . 18 . Ὑμῖν μὲν θεοὶ ΔΟΙΕΝ , ὀλύμπια δώματ ̓ ...
... perfon and great admirer of Milton fays , " that to give to do a thing , " is , in his opinion , one of the most beautiful ex- preffions in all the poetical language , as in Homer , H. i . 18 . Ὑμῖν μὲν θεοὶ ΔΟΙΕΝ , ὀλύμπια δώματ ̓ ...
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Page 122 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 293 - I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. "And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Page 321 - For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Page 302 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 90 - Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee , 'Would never from my heart : no, no ! I feel The link of Nature draw me : flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
Page 83 - This may be well. But what if God have seen, And death ensue ? then I shall be no more ! And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct : A death to think ! Confirm'd then I resolve, Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe.
Page 252 - And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
Page 321 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...
Page 337 - O goodness infinite, goodness immense! That all this good of evil shall produce, And evil turn to good; more wonderful Than that which by creation first brought forth Light out of darkness! full of doubt I stand, Whether I should repent me now of sin By me done and occasion'd, or rejoice Much more, that much more good thereof shall spring.
Page 90 - Matter of scorn, not to be given the foe. However, I with thee have fix'd my lot, Certain to undergo like doom; if death Consort with thee, death is to me as life; So forcible within my heart I feel The bond of nature draw me to my own, My own in thee, for what thou art is mine; Our state cannot be sever'd, we are one, One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.