Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Nide 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750 |
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Sivu 44
... stood on the bare ftrand , While the promifcuous croud ftood yet aloof . 380 The chief were those who from the pit of Hell Roaming to seek their prey on earth , durft fix Milton means religious rites , as Ci- cero uses the word , when ...
... stood on the bare ftrand , While the promifcuous croud ftood yet aloof . 380 The chief were those who from the pit of Hell Roaming to seek their prey on earth , durft fix Milton means religious rites , as Ci- cero uses the word , when ...
Sivu 51
... stood Her temple on th ' offenfive mountain , built By that uxorious king , whose heart though large , Beguil'd by fair idolatreffes , fell To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , opinion which Lucian relates , " viz . that this ...
... stood Her temple on th ' offenfive mountain , built By that uxorious king , whose heart though large , Beguil'd by fair idolatreffes , fell To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , opinion which Lucian relates , " viz . that this ...
Sivu 56
... stood Or altar fmok'd ; yet who more oft than he In temples and at altars , when the priest Turns atheist , as did Eli's fons , who fill'd With luft and violence the houfe of God ? ram , hence corniger Ammon ? Cle- mens Alexandrinus ...
... stood Or altar fmok'd ; yet who more oft than he In temples and at altars , when the priest Turns atheist , as did Eli's fons , who fill'd With luft and violence the houfe of God ? ram , hence corniger Ammon ? Cle- mens Alexandrinus ...
Sivu 65
... Stood like a tow'r ; his form had yet not loft Į All her original brightness , nor appear'da dua Lefs than Arch - Angel ruin'd , and th ' excess Of glory ' obfcur'd ; as when the fun new risen T Looks through the horizontal mifty air ...
... Stood like a tow'r ; his form had yet not loft Į All her original brightness , nor appear'da dua Lefs than Arch - Angel ruin'd , and th ' excess Of glory ' obfcur'd ; as when the fun new risen T Looks through the horizontal mifty air ...
Sivu 67
... stood faithful . Richardfon . Words wither'd glory of the Angels ; and the laft with great propriety , fince their luftre was impair'd by thun- der , as well as that of the trees in the fimile : and befides , the blafted heath gives us ...
... stood faithful . Richardfon . Words wither'd glory of the Angels ; and the laft with great propriety , fince their luftre was impair'd by thun- der , as well as that of the trees in the fimile : and befides , the blafted heath gives us ...
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
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
Suositut otteet
Sivu 39 - 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...
Sivu 33 - 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?
Sivu 32 - 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.
Sivu xii - ... 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...
Sivu 144 - 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!
Sivu 254 - 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...
Sivu 354 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Sivu xciii - 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.
Sivu 398 - 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...
Sivu 307 - Unargued I obey, so GOD ordains; GOD is thy law, thou mine; to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.