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Page 131
... represents as looking for gold even in Heaven , and as now beginning
metallurgy in Hell , that afterwards taught mining on Earth . 688. “ treasures better
hid . ” See Horace , Od . iii . 3 , 49 . 703. “ founded the massy ore . ” This is the
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... represents as looking for gold even in Heaven , and as now beginning
metallurgy in Hell , that afterwards taught mining on Earth . 688. “ treasures better
hid . ” See Horace , Od . iii . 3 , 49 . 703. “ founded the massy ore . ” This is the
reading ...
Page 147
... Chance , Tumult , Confusion , and Discord , together with “ the dreaded name
of Demogorgon . " This last awful personage , it is said , is first distinctly named in
the Christian writer Lactantius , who lived in the beginning of the fourth century .
... Chance , Tumult , Confusion , and Discord , together with “ the dreaded name
of Demogorgon . " This last awful personage , it is said , is first distinctly named in
the Christian writer Lactantius , who lived in the beginning of the fourth century .
Page 168
... but the following appears to be what is meant : -At some distance from that
border of Eden at which the Fiend has arrived he sees the beginning of a thick
wilderness of underwood , mixed with lofty trees , ascending in terraces , so as to
form ...
... but the following appears to be what is meant : -At some distance from that
border of Eden at which the Fiend has arrived he sees the beginning of a thick
wilderness of underwood , mixed with lofty trees , ascending in terraces , so as to
form ...
Page 186
1 Next are described Memory , and the Passions of Sense , or beginnings of
active Will ; after which comes the supreme faculty of Wit , taking such various
names as Reason , Understanding , Opinion , Judgment , Wisdom : “ The Wit , the
pupil ...
1 Next are described Memory , and the Passions of Sense , or beginnings of
active Will ; after which comes the supreme faculty of Wit , taking such various
names as Reason , Understanding , Opinion , Judgment , Wisdom : “ The Wit , the
pupil ...
Page 196
At this point we have the true chronological beginning of the whole poem . See
Introduction . these heavens " : i.e. not the great or upper Heaven of Deity and the
Angels ( which then existed as one half of Infinity , Chaos being the other half ) ...
At this point we have the true chronological beginning of the whole poem . See
Introduction . these heavens " : i.e. not the great or upper Heaven of Deity and the
Angels ( which then existed as one half of Infinity , Chaos being the other half ) ...
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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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