The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 49
... Milton ; and as 1 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 1 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 heroick 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 highest ...
... Milton's Paradife Loft may be called an heroick 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 highest ...
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 proposed 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 proposed 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 beft 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 beft invented ftory I ever met with . It is poffible , that the traditions , on which ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo beauty becauſe befides behaviour character circumftances confideration converfation criticks defcribed defign defire difcourfe diſcovered drefs fable faid falutation fame feems feen fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeak fpeculations fpeech fpirit ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient give greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe humble fervant huſband ibid Iliad itſelf kind Lady laft laſt lefs look mafter mankind manner marriage meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion particular perfons pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent publick purpoſe racter raiſe reader reafon reflexion reprefented ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman