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Page 117
86 ) as fixing the distance down in Chaos where Hell proper , in Milton's
imagination , is supposed to begin . “ The centre " is the Earth , or the Earth's
centre : “ the utmost pole ” is not the Earth's pole , but the pole of the entire Starry
Universe .
86 ) as fixing the distance down in Chaos where Hell proper , in Milton's
imagination , is supposed to begin . “ The centre " is the Earth , or the Earth's
centre : “ the utmost pole ” is not the Earth's pole , but the pole of the entire Starry
Universe .
Page 126
Titan is named as the earliest supreme god ; superseded by Saturn ; who , in his
turn , is dethroned by Zeusthe final expansion of the Greek mythology in its
richest or Jovian stage being left to the imagination , helped by the mere mention
of ...
Titan is named as the earliest supreme god ; superseded by Saturn ; who , in his
turn , is dethroned by Zeusthe final expansion of the Greek mythology in its
richest or Jovian stage being left to the imagination , helped by the mere mention
of ...
Page 129
The expression is in perfect consistency with his imagination of the whereabouts
of the Fallen Angels . They are down in Hell ; above them and Hell is Chaos or
the Abyss , as Satan has just hinted ( line 658 ) ; and above that is Heaven .
The expression is in perfect consistency with his imagination of the whereabouts
of the Fallen Angels . They are down in Hell ; above them and Hell is Chaos or
the Abyss , as Satan has just hinted ( line 658 ) ; and above that is Heaven .
Page 132
The committee of leaders remaining in their own gigantic dimensions far within , it
is only by some such reduction of the general body as in the text that the
imagination can conceive the hall holding all the vast multitude . BOOK II . 2 , 3 .
The committee of leaders remaining in their own gigantic dimensions far within , it
is only by some such reduction of the general body as in the text that the
imagination can conceive the hall holding all the vast multitude . BOOK II . 2 , 3 .
Page 139
The commentators suggest that concave would liave been the proper word from
Satan's point of view ; but might he not be imagining Hell from the outside ? 439 .
" unessential Night ” : i.e. having no real substance or existence , -a kind of vast ...
The commentators suggest that concave would liave been the proper word from
Satan's point of view ; but might he not be imagining Hell from the outside ? 439 .
" unessential Night ” : i.e. having no real substance or existence , -a kind of vast ...
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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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