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Page 295
... Satan to the gates of hell is finely imaged . I have already ' declared my opinion of the alle- gory concerning Sin and Death , which is however a very finished piece in its kind , when it is not consi- dered as a part of an epic poem ...
... Satan to the gates of hell is finely imaged . I have already ' declared my opinion of the alle- gory concerning Sin and Death , which is however a very finished piece in its kind , when it is not consi- dered as a part of an epic poem ...
Page 361
... Satan , is exquisitely graceful and moral . Satan is afterwards led away to Gabriel , the chief of the guar- dian angels , who kept watch in Paradise . His dis- dainful behaviour on this occasion is so remarkable a beauty that the most ...
... Satan , is exquisitely graceful and moral . Satan is afterwards led away to Gabriel , the chief of the guar- dian angels , who kept watch in Paradise . His dis- dainful behaviour on this occasion is so remarkable a beauty that the most ...
Page 362
... Satan alarm'd , Collecting all his might dilated stood Like Teneriff or Atlas , unremov'd : His stature reach'd the sky , and on his crest Sat horror plum'd ; - I must here take notice , that Milton is every where full of hints , and ...
... Satan alarm'd , Collecting all his might dilated stood Like Teneriff or Atlas , unremov'd : His stature reach'd the sky , and on his crest Sat horror plum'd ; - I must here take notice , that Milton is every where full of hints , and ...
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