The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Volume 2C. and J. Rivington; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; J. and W.T. Clarke; Longman and Company; ... [and 17 others], 1826 |
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... divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves , and thee , inviolate . At once delight and horrour on us seize , 35 Thou sing'st with so much gravity and ease ; And above human flight dost soar aloft With plume so strong , so ...
... divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves , and thee , inviolate . At once delight and horrour on us seize , 35 Thou sing'st with so much gravity and ease ; And above human flight dost soar aloft With plume so strong , so ...
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... divine poem . It will be sufficient to its per- fection , if it has in it all the beauties of the highest kind of poetry ; and as for those who allege it is not an heroick poem , they advance no more to the diminution of it , than if ...
... divine poem . It will be sufficient to its per- fection , if it has in it all the beauties of the highest kind of poetry ; and as for those who allege it is not an heroick poem , they advance no more to the diminution of it , than if ...
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... Divine Being is the subject of it . " A Letter concerning Epick Poems , taken from Scripture History , Lond . 1764 , p . 21. The writer of this Letter cites the remark of Gibbon , in his Essay on the Study of Literature . See the ...
... Divine Being is the subject of it . " A Letter concerning Epick Poems , taken from Scripture History , Lond . 1764 , p . 21. The writer of this Letter cites the remark of Gibbon , in his Essay on the Study of Literature . See the ...
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... divine work . roick poems , particularly in the Dispensary and in the Lutrin , several allegorical persons of this nature ; which are very beauti- ful in those compositions , and may perhaps be used as an argu- ment , that the authors ...
... divine work . roick poems , particularly in the Dispensary and in the Lutrin , several allegorical persons of this nature ; which are very beauti- ful in those compositions , and may perhaps be used as an argu- ment , that the authors ...
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... divine poet . Zoilus , among the ancients , and Monsieur Perrault , among the moderns , pushed their ridicule very far upon him , on account of some such sentiments . There is no blemish to be observed in Virgil under this head , and ...
... divine poet . Zoilus , among the ancients , and Monsieur Perrault , among the moderns , pushed their ridicule very far upon him , on account of some such sentiments . There is no blemish to be observed in Virgil under this head , and ...
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