ComusCambridge University Press, 1912 - 143 pages |
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Page xxix
... wood , entrapped by a magician , and rescued by her brothers ; with the attendant incidents . This Milton owed , it is almost certain , to the Old Wives ' Tale ( 1595 ) of George Peele , the Elizabethan poet ( 1558—1598 ) . Warton ...
... wood , entrapped by a magician , and rescued by her brothers ; with the attendant incidents . This Milton owed , it is almost certain , to the Old Wives ' Tale ( 1595 ) of George Peele , the Elizabethan poet ( 1558—1598 ) . Warton ...
Page xliii
... woods . | Nów to | my charms " ( 150 ) . Observe that inversion generally gives some emphasis to the word . Much the commonest inversion is that of the first foot . Indeed , this use of an initial trochee is one of the most ...
... woods . | Nów to | my charms " ( 150 ) . Observe that inversion generally gives some emphasis to the word . Much the commonest inversion is that of the first foot . Indeed , this use of an initial trochee is one of the most ...
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... . FIRST BROTHER . SECOND BROTHER . SABRINA , the Nymph . The Chief Persons which presented were : - The Lord Brackley ; Mr Thomas Egerton , his Brother ; The Lady Alice Egerton . COMUS . The first Scene discovers a wild wood . 6.
... . FIRST BROTHER . SECOND BROTHER . SABRINA , the Nymph . The Chief Persons which presented were : - The Lord Brackley ; Mr Thomas Egerton , his Brother ; The Lady Alice Egerton . COMUS . The first Scene discovers a wild wood . 6.
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John Milton. COMUS . The first Scene discovers a wild wood . The ATTENDANT SPIRIT descends or enters . BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court My mansion is , where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In ...
John Milton. COMUS . The first Scene discovers a wild wood . The ATTENDANT SPIRIT descends or enters . BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court My mansion is , where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In ...
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... wood , The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger ; And here their tender age might suffer peril , But that by quick command from sovran Jove I was despatched for their defence and guard ! And ...
... wood , The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger ; And here their tender age might suffer peril , But that by quick command from sovran Jove I was despatched for their defence and guard ! And ...
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