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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 115
1 , 2 , the phrase is " And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters ; ”
but “ brooded , " or “ hovered , ” is said to be a more exact rendering of the
Hebrew word than “ moved ; ” and the very comparison “ dove - like ; " to illustrate
the ...
1 , 2 , the phrase is " And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters ; ”
but “ brooded , " or “ hovered , ” is said to be a more exact rendering of the
Hebrew word than “ moved ; ” and the very comparison “ dove - like ; " to illustrate
the ...
Page 116
Mr. Dyce found this phrase in a document of the Long Parliament in 1642 : “ And
thereby to bring the whole kingdom into utter ruin and combustion . " Mr.
Keightley , accordingly , suggests that the phrase may have been a popular one
about ...
Mr. Dyce found this phrase in a document of the Long Parliament in 1642 : “ And
thereby to bring the whole kingdom into utter ruin and combustion . " Mr.
Keightley , accordingly , suggests that the phrase may have been a popular one
about ...
Page 117
Not unlike one of the phrases in that passage of Cædmon's Anglo - Saxon
Paraphrase which some suppose Milton to have consulted in the edition of
Cædmon , with a Latin version by Francis Junius , published at Amsterdam in
1655 ( see ...
Not unlike one of the phrases in that passage of Cædmon's Anglo - Saxon
Paraphrase which some suppose Milton to have consulted in the edition of
Cædmon , with a Latin version by Francis Junius , published at Amsterdam in
1655 ( see ...
Page 118
In the First Edition the phrase runs ' assert th ' eternal Providence ; " . " but there is
a direction among the Errata to delete th ' . 128. “ trronèd Powers , " i.e. those of
the Angels that sat on thrones or had kingly rank in Heaven , as distinct from the ...
In the First Edition the phrase runs ' assert th ' eternal Providence ; " . " but there is
a direction among the Errata to delete th ' . 128. “ trronèd Powers , " i.e. those of
the Angels that sat on thrones or had kingly rank in Heaven , as distinct from the ...
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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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