ComusCambridge University Press, 1912 - 143 pages |
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Page viii
... are told that he had written much verse , English and Latin . And his early training had done that which was all - important : it had laid the foundation of the far - ranging knowledge which makes Paradise viii INTRODUCTION .
... are told that he had written much verse , English and Latin . And his early training had done that which was all - important : it had laid the foundation of the far - ranging knowledge which makes Paradise viii INTRODUCTION .
Page ix
John Milton. foundation of the far - ranging knowledge which makes Paradise Lost unique for diversity of suggestion and interest . Milton went to Christ's College , Cambridge , in the Easter term of 1625 , took his B.A. degree in At 1629 ...
John Milton. foundation of the far - ranging knowledge which makes Paradise Lost unique for diversity of suggestion and interest . Milton went to Christ's College , Cambridge , in the Easter term of 1625 , took his B.A. degree in At 1629 ...
Page xv
... Paradise Lost x . 909-946 , in which Eve begs forgiveness of Adam , reproduced the poet's personal experience , while many passages in Samson Agonistes must have been inspired by the same cause . 1 i.e. old style . The volume was ...
... Paradise Lost x . 909-946 , in which Eve begs forgiveness of Adam , reproduced the poet's personal experience , while many passages in Samson Agonistes must have been inspired by the same cause . 1 i.e. old style . The volume was ...
Page xvii
... Paradise Lost , 111. 21—26 , leaves it doubtful from what disease he suffered , whether cataract or amaurosis . Throughout Samson Agonistes there are frequent references to his affliction . appeared in 1654. Neither of the combatants ...
... Paradise Lost , 111. 21—26 , leaves it doubtful from what disease he suffered , whether cataract or amaurosis . Throughout Samson Agonistes there are frequent references to his affliction . appeared in 1654. Neither of the combatants ...
Page xix
... Paradise Lost , as we have it , could never have been written1 . Knowledge of life and human nature , insight into the problems of men's motives and emotions , grasp of the broader issues of the human tragedy , all these were essential ...
... Paradise Lost , as we have it , could never have been written1 . Knowledge of life and human nature , insight into the problems of men's motives and emotions , grasp of the broader issues of the human tragedy , all these were essential ...
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Adonis Æneid allusion Ben Jonson blank verse called Cambridge character charmed chastity Circe classical Comus crown dance daughter Earl of Bridgewater Echo Elder Brother Elizabethan enchanted English epithet Estrildis evil eyes Faerie Queene fair favourite Germ Glossary goddess gods hath Heaven hence Henry Wotton Homer honour Il Penseroso influence Italy Jonson King L'Allegro Lady Latin Lawes's legend Locrine Lord Lord Brackley Ludlow Castle Lycidas lyric Masque Masson metaphor Midsummer-Night's Dream Milton nature night noun nymph Odyssey original Paradise Lost passage pastoral Penseroso perhaps phrase piece pleasure poem poet poetic poetry probably Puritanism reference rhyme rhythm river Sabrina Sabrina fair Samson Agonistes says scene sense Shakespeare Shepheards Calender shepherd Sir Henry song Sonnet soul speaks Spenser Spirit stage-direction story sweet syllable Tempest Tennyson thou Thyrsis trochee verb virgin Virtue wood word writers youth