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He consulted the oracle in certain Greek verses , of which Geoffrey gives a
version in Latin elegiacs ; and Milton translates these . ] GODDESS of Shades ,
and Huntress , who at will Walk'st on the rolling sphere , and through the deep ,
On thy ...
He consulted the oracle in certain Greek verses , of which Geoffrey gives a
version in Latin elegiacs ; and Milton translates these . ] GODDESS of Shades ,
and Huntress , who at will Walk'st on the rolling sphere , and through the deep ,
On thy ...
Page 138
It is this world , which they cannot figure exactly , but which they can fancy as an
azure sphere or round , insulated between Heaven and Chaos , that is “ the
happy isle . ” To a voyager arriving in it after toiling upward through Chaos it
would ...
It is this world , which they cannot figure exactly , but which they can fancy as an
azure sphere or round , insulated between Heaven and Chaos , that is “ the
happy isle . ” To a voyager arriving in it after toiling upward through Chaos it
would ...
Page 140
But here in Milton the globe may be a solid globe or sphere ; for the Angels ,
unlike men , being capable of vertical motion as well as of horizontal , may form
themselves in solids - in cubes as well as squares , and in spheres as well as
circles .
But here in Milton the globe may be a solid globe or sphere ; for the Angels ,
unlike men , being capable of vertical motion as well as of horizontal , may form
themselves in solids - in cubes as well as squares , and in spheres as well as
circles .
Page 150
reaching the utmost Orb of this frail World ” : i.e , not the outermost star or the star
nearest Chaos , but the outermost boss or circle of the starry sphere as a whole .
This will be explained more clearly farther on . See Book III . 418—420 , and ...
reaching the utmost Orb of this frail World ” : i.e , not the outermost star or the star
nearest Chaos , but the outermost boss or circle of the starry sphere as a whole .
This will be explained more clearly farther on . See Book III . 418—420 , and ...
Page 154
Satan is on the outside of the huge sphere , as yet but coming up to it , and , as it
were , feeling for it , as a fly or moth ( let the distinctness of the illustration excuse
its homeliness ) may be seen striking against the glass globe of a 154 [ BOOK III ...
Satan is on the outside of the huge sphere , as yet but coming up to it , and , as it
were , feeling for it , as a fly or moth ( let the distinctness of the illustration excuse
its homeliness ) may be seen striking against the glass globe of a 154 [ BOOK III ...
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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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