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Page 115
So also in the only other passage of his poetry in which the word occursLycid . ,
line 11 . There also he means verse in general , and there he spells the word
rhyme , 19 . " Instruct me , for Thou know'st . ” Newton quotes Theocritus , Idyll xxii
.
So also in the only other passage of his poetry in which the word occursLycid . ,
line 11 . There also he means verse in general , and there he spells the word
rhyme , 19 . " Instruct me , for Thou know'st . ” Newton quotes Theocritus , Idyll xxii
.
Page 116
Newton quotes from Seneca's description of the grotto of Pausilipo ( Epist . lvii . )
this coincidence with the phrase " darkness visible : “ Nihil illo carcere longius ,
nihil illis faucibus obscurius , quæ nobis præstant non ut per tenebras videamus
...
Newton quotes from Seneca's description of the grotto of Pausilipo ( Epist . lvii . )
this coincidence with the phrase " darkness visible : “ Nihil illo carcere longius ,
nihil illis faucibus obscurius , quæ nobis præstant non ut per tenebras videamus
...
Page 120
Hume quotes Æn . vi . 714 : “ Lethæi ad fluminis undam . ” 279–281 . though now
they lie .... as we crewhile " : Satan and Beelzebub are on the solid plain beside
the burning lake ; but all the rest of the Angels are still in the lake . 1 1 282.
Hume quotes Æn . vi . 714 : “ Lethæi ad fluminis undam . ” 279–281 . though now
they lie .... as we crewhile " : Satan and Beelzebub are on the solid plain beside
the burning lake ; but all the rest of the Angels are still in the lake . 1 1 282.
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 ...
Page 126
534. “ Azazel . ” The name , according to Hume , signifies in Hebrew “ the scape -
goat ” ( Levit . xvi . ) ; but Newton translates it “ brave in retreat . " 543. “ reign of
Chaos , " i.e. kingdom ( regnum ) of Chaos . Newton quotes Spenser ( F. Q. ii . 7.
534. “ Azazel . ” The name , according to Hume , signifies in Hebrew “ the scape -
goat ” ( Levit . xvi . ) ; but Newton translates it “ brave in retreat . " 543. “ reign of
Chaos , " i.e. kingdom ( regnum ) of Chaos . Newton quotes Spenser ( F. Q. ii . 7.
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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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