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Page xi
... Milton for as ELEGANT A GRECISM , " Yet virgin of Proferpina from Jove . Lib . 9. ver . 396 . « Tis an imitaton of the Παρθένον ἐκ θαλάμε of " Theocritus , for an unmarried virgin . " Mr.W. I fhall take no notice at all of the reafoning ...
... Milton for as ELEGANT A GRECISM , " Yet virgin of Proferpina from Jove . Lib . 9. ver . 396 . « Tis an imitaton of the Παρθένον ἐκ θαλάμε of " Theocritus , for an unmarried virgin . " Mr.W. I fhall take no notice at all of the reafoning ...
Page xiii
... Milton calls Ceres VIRGIN OF PROSERPINA , ( ac- cording to our Critic , Παρθένος ἐκ Περσεφόνης ] Mil- ton must mean Ceres the Virgin who dwells in Proferpina , or , formerly refided there.- Wonderful Grecian ! IV . Another citation of ...
... Milton calls Ceres VIRGIN OF PROSERPINA , ( ac- cording to our Critic , Παρθένος ἐκ Περσεφόνης ] Mil- ton must mean Ceres the Virgin who dwells in Proferpina , or , formerly refided there.- Wonderful Grecian ! IV . Another citation of ...
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... MILTON ufes the word , in the fame fenfe , " Speaking of the fon . 86 66 Of high collateral glory . B. 10. . 86. " Mr. W. Now ' tis plain that collateral in Milton conftantly is used in the fame fenfe as the etymology claims ...
... MILTON ufes the word , in the fame fenfe , " Speaking of the fon . 86 66 Of high collateral glory . B. 10. . 86. " Mr. W. Now ' tis plain that collateral in Milton conftantly is used in the fame fenfe as the etymology claims ...
Page xxx
... Milton , but collateral light , perfuing his idea of the bright particular ftar : and not without fome allufion , perhaps , to that faying , Uxor fulget radiis Mariti : which for the fake of the female reader I tranflate in ...
... Milton , but collateral light , perfuing his idea of the bright particular ftar : and not without fome allufion , perhaps , to that faying , Uxor fulget radiis Mariti : which for the fake of the female reader I tranflate in ...
Page lvi
... Milton , following Plato and Virgil , places this river in Hell : " Far off from thefe , a flow and filent stream , " LETHE , the river of oblivion , rolls " Her watry labyrinth ; whereof who drinks , " Forthwith his former ftate and ...
... Milton , following Plato and Virgil , places this river in Hell : " Far off from thefe , a flow and filent stream , " LETHE , the river of oblivion , rolls " Her watry labyrinth ; whereof who drinks , " Forthwith his former ftate and ...
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