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Page xix
... scene , and are not so properly of - the foreign pronunciation ; and he instructed him the epic , as of the tragic strain . It was not till how to read accordingly . And having a curious after he was disengaged from the Salmasian con ...
... scene , and are not so properly of - the foreign pronunciation ; and he instructed him the epic , as of the tragic strain . It was not till how to read accordingly . And having a curious after he was disengaged from the Salmasian con ...
Page xxxi
... scene confine his hallow'd rage . See ! see ! he upward springs , and , towering high , Spurns the dull province of mortality ; Shakes Heaven's eternal throne with dire alarms , And sets th ' Almighty Thunderer in arms ! Whate'er his ...
... scene confine his hallow'd rage . See ! see ! he upward springs , and , towering high , Spurns the dull province of mortality ; Shakes Heaven's eternal throne with dire alarms , And sets th ' Almighty Thunderer in arms ! Whate'er his ...
Page xxxii
... scene from every future view . FROM MASON'S ODE TO MEMORY . RISE , hallow'd MILTON ! rise , and say , How , at thy gloomy close of day ; How , when ' depress'd by age , beset with wrongs ; ' When ' fall'n on evil days and evil tongues ...
... scene from every future view . FROM MASON'S ODE TO MEMORY . RISE , hallow'd MILTON ! rise , and say , How , at thy gloomy close of day ; How , when ' depress'd by age , beset with wrongs ; ' When ' fall'n on evil days and evil tongues ...
Page 26
... scene , and , as the ranks ascend Shade above shade , a woody theatre Of stateliest view . Yet higher than their tops The verdurous wall of Paradise upsprung : Which to our general sire gave prospect large Into his nether empire ...
... scene , and , as the ranks ascend Shade above shade , a woody theatre Of stateliest view . Yet higher than their tops The verdurous wall of Paradise upsprung : Which to our general sire gave prospect large Into his nether empire ...
Page 88
... scene . He looked , and saw wide territory spread Before him , towns , and rural works between Cities of men with lofty gates and towers , Concourse in arms , fierce faces threatening war , Giants of mighty bone , and bold emprise ...
... scene . He looked , and saw wide territory spread Before him , towns , and rural works between Cities of men with lofty gates and towers , Concourse in arms , fierce faces threatening war , Giants of mighty bone , and bold emprise ...
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Page 10 - Who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottomed, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way, or spread his airy flight, Upborne with indefatigable wings Over the vast abrupt ! — So both ascend In the visions of God — B.