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Page 106
Again and again , for example , I have had to illustrate afresh the significance of
particular phrases and passages in connexion with that Miltonic cosmology , or
deliberate scheme and meaning of the Poem as a whole , which has been ...
Again and again , for example , I have had to illustrate afresh the significance of
particular phrases and passages in connexion with that Miltonic cosmology , or
deliberate scheme and meaning of the Poem as a whole , which has been ...
Page 113
Meaning mainly to defend his choice of Blank Verse for a poem of such an order ,
he may have let his expression sweep beyond the exact bounds of his intention .
For , though he had used Blank Verse in his own earlier poetry , as in Comus ...
Meaning mainly to defend his choice of Blank Verse for a poem of such an order ,
he may have let his expression sweep beyond the exact bounds of his intention .
For , though he had used Blank Verse in his own earlier poetry , as in Comus ...
Page 115
... is said to be a more exact rendering of the Hebrew word than “ moved ; ” and
the very comparison “ dove - like ; " to illustrate the meaning of “ brooding " in the
passage , is said to occur in the Talmudists or Jewish commentators on the Bible
.
... is said to be a more exact rendering of the Hebrew word than “ moved ; ” and
the very comparison “ dove - like ; " to illustrate the meaning of “ brooding " in the
passage , is said to occur in the Talmudists or Jewish commentators on the Bible
.
Page 118
But the meaning thus given to the last clause is languid compared with any one
of those meanings which it will bear if the original punctuation is preserved . “ All
is not lost , " Satan then says ; “ the unconquerable will & c . . . . and courage ...
But the meaning thus given to the last clause is languid compared with any one
of those meanings which it will bear if the original punctuation is preserved . “ All
is not lost , " Satan then says ; “ the unconquerable will & c . . . . and courage ...
Page 120
The usual meaning of the word is to sink , or go to the bottom ( fundus ) ; but one
can see the idea of the metaphorswallowed up and lost in the darkness . 207 . “
under the lee , " i.e. on that side of the monster which was protected from the wind
...
The usual meaning of the word is to sink , or go to the bottom ( fundus ) ; but one
can see the idea of the metaphorswallowed up and lost in the darkness . 207 . “
under the lee , " i.e. on that side of the monster which was protected from the wind
...
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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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