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Dr. J. R. MAJOR , in an edition for schools , with notes . 1853. CHARLES
DEXTER CLEVELAND , in an edition of the Poetical Works at Philadelphia , U.S.
; re - issued in London 1865 ( see Introd . p . 36 ) . 1859. KEIGHTLEY ( see Introd
. pp .
Dr. J. R. MAJOR , in an edition for schools , with notes . 1853. CHARLES
DEXTER CLEVELAND , in an edition of the Poetical Works at Philadelphia , U.S.
; re - issued in London 1865 ( see Introd . p . 36 ) . 1859. KEIGHTLEY ( see Introd
. pp .
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Of the commentators known to me those who have done most in this style of
annotation are Patrick Hume , Bentley , Bishop Newton and his coadjutors , Todd
and his coadjutors , Mr. Keightley , and Mr. Browne ; and , in citing , after them ...
Of the commentators known to me those who have done most in this style of
annotation are Patrick Hume , Bentley , Bishop Newton and his coadjutors , Todd
and his coadjutors , Mr. Keightley , and Mr. Browne ; and , in citing , after them ...
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Compared by Hume with Iliad , ii . 484-6 . 32 . “ For one restraint , lords of the
world besides . ” Mr. Keightley understands For to mean But for , and points as if
the passage meant “ being lords of the world besides , but for one restraint .
Compared by Hume with Iliad , ii . 484-6 . 32 . “ For one restraint , lords of the
world besides . ” Mr. Keightley understands For to mean But for , and points as if
the passage meant “ being lords of the world besides , but for one restraint .
Page 116
Mr. Keightley , accordingly , suggests that the phrase may have been a popular
one about that time . Milton , however , here uses it with a precise significance -
ruin referring to Satan's overthrow and expulsion from Heaven , and combustion
to ...
Mr. Keightley , accordingly , suggests that the phrase may have been a popular
one about that time . Milton , however , here uses it with a precise significance -
ruin referring to Satan's overthrow and expulsion from Heaven , and combustion
to ...
Page 125
Mr. Keightley quotes the phrase " overflown with wine ” from a pamphlet by Nash
. 503-505 . The allusions here are to the narratives in Gen. xix . 8 and Judges xix .
22 , 28. In the first edition the text stood thus :“ Witness the streets of Sodom ...
Mr. Keightley quotes the phrase " overflown with wine ” from a pamphlet by Nash
. 503-505 . The allusions here are to the narratives in Gen. xix . 8 and Judges xix .
22 , 28. In the first edition the text stood thus :“ Witness the streets of Sodom ...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of John Milton |
| Author | John Mitford |
| Editors | John Mitford, David Masson |
| Publisher | J. R. Osgood, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 10 Nov 2016 |
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