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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Page vii
... reason I shall wave the discussion of that point which was started some years since , Whether Milton's Paradise Lost may be called an heroick poem ? Those , who will not give it that title , may call it ( if they please ) a divine poem ...
... reason I shall wave the discussion of that point which was started some years since , Whether Milton's Paradise Lost may be called an heroick poem ? Those , who will not give it that title , may call it ( if they please ) a divine poem ...
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... reason cannot comprehend , nor imagination describe , the operations of a Deity , at whose command alone millions of worlds are made to tremble : nor can we read with any satisfactory pleasure of the Devil , in Mil- ton , warring for ...
... reason cannot comprehend , nor imagination describe , the operations of a Deity , at whose command alone millions of worlds are made to tremble : nor can we read with any satisfactory pleasure of the Devil , in Mil- ton , warring for ...
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... reason the works of ancient authors , which are written in dead languages , have a great advantage over those which are written in languages that are now spoken . Were there any mean phrases , or idioms in Virgil and Homer , they would ...
... reason the works of ancient authors , which are written in dead languages , have a great advantage over those which are written in languages that are now spoken . Were there any mean phrases , or idioms in Virgil and Homer , they would ...
Page xxiv
... . It is also adopted in our translation of the New Testament , Acts vii . 39. " To whom our fathers would not obey . " The phrase is frequent in Spenser . TODD . The same reason recommended to him several old words ; xxiv PARADISE LOST .
... . It is also adopted in our translation of the New Testament , Acts vii . 39. " To whom our fathers would not obey . " The phrase is frequent in Spenser . TODD . The same reason recommended to him several old words ; xxiv PARADISE LOST .
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With Notes of Various Authors John Milton. The same reason recommended to him several old words ; which also make his Poem appear the more venerable , and gives it a greater air of antiquity . I must likewise take notice , that there are ...
With Notes of Various Authors John Milton. The same reason recommended to him several old words ; which also make his Poem appear the more venerable , and gives it a greater air of antiquity . I must likewise take notice , that there are ...
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