The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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Page 49
... Milton ; and as I have drawn more quotations out of him than from any other , I fhall enter into a regular criticifm upon his Paradife Loft , which I fhall publish every Saturday until I have given my thoughts upon that poem : I fhall ...
... Milton ; and as I have drawn more quotations out of him than from any other , I fhall enter into a regular criticifm upon his Paradife Loft , which I fhall publish every Saturday until I have given my thoughts upon that poem : I fhall ...
Page 67
... Milton's Paradife Loft may be called an heroic poem ? Those who will not give it that title , may call it , if they please , a divine poem . It will be fufficient to its perfection , if it has in it all the beauties of the high- eft ...
... Milton's Paradife Loft may be called an heroic poem ? Those who will not give it that title , may call it , if they please , a divine poem . It will be fufficient to its perfection , if it has in it all the beauties of the high- eft ...
Page 68
... Milton , in imitation of these two great poets , opens his Paradife Loft , with an infernal council plotting the fall of man , which is the action he propofed to celebrate ; and as for thofe great actions , which preceded in point of ...
... Milton , in imitation of these two great poets , opens his Paradife Loft , with an infernal council plotting the fall of man , which is the action he propofed to celebrate ; and as for thofe great actions , which preceded in point of ...
Page 69
... Milton , with the like art in his poem on the fall of man , has related the fall of thofe angels who are his profeffed enemies . Befides the many other beauties in fuch an epifode , its running parallel with the great action of the poem ...
... Milton , with the like art in his poem on the fall of man , has related the fall of thofe angels who are his profeffed enemies . Befides the many other beauties in fuch an epifode , its running parallel with the great action of the poem ...
Page 71
... Milton's action is enriched with fuch a variety of circumftances , that I have taken as much pleasure in reading the contents of his books , as in the best invented ftory I ever met with . It is poffible , that the traditions , on which ...
... Milton's action is enriched with fuch a variety of circumftances , that I have taken as much pleasure in reading the contents of his books , as in the best invented ftory I ever met with . It is poffible , that the traditions , on which ...
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action Æneid agreeable alfo anfwer beauty becauſe befides behaviour cafe character circumftances confideration converfation correfpondents defcribed defign defire difcourfe difcover drefs Enville fable faid falutation fame fecond feems feen fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeak fpeech fpirit ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuppofe give greateſt herſelf himſelf honour houfe humble fervant huſband ibid Iliad itſelf juft kind lady laft laſt lefs likewife Loft look mafter mankind manner marriage Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paradife particular perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent racter raiſe reader reafon reflexion reprefented ſhall ſhe Spectator thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion underſtand uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman