Paradise LostJohn Bumpus, 1821 - 384 pages |
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Page xxi
... created beings ; the overthrow of their host , and the punishment of their crime ; the creation of a new race of reasonable creatures ; their original hap- piness and innocence , their forfeiture of immortality , and their restoration ...
... created beings ; the overthrow of their host , and the punishment of their crime ; the creation of a new race of reasonable creatures ; their original hap- piness and innocence , their forfeiture of immortality , and their restoration ...
Page xxii
... creation waste , and filling the vast expanse of space with ruin and confusion . To display the motives and actions of beings thus superior , so far as human reason can examine them , or human imagi- nation represent them , is the task ...
... creation waste , and filling the vast expanse of space with ruin and confusion . To display the motives and actions of beings thus superior , so far as human reason can examine them , or human imagi- nation represent them , is the task ...
Page xxiv
... vulgar epic poem , which immerge the critic in deep consideration , the Paradise Lost requires little to be said . It contains the history of a miracle , of Creation and Redemption ; it displays the power and the mercy χχίν CRITICISM ON.
... vulgar epic poem , which immerge the critic in deep consideration , the Paradise Lost requires little to be said . It contains the history of a miracle , of Creation and Redemption ; it displays the power and the mercy χχίν CRITICISM ON.
Page xxviii
... creation in its whole extent , and his descriptions are therefore learned . He had accustomed his imagination to unrestrained indul- gence , and his conceptions therefore were extensive . The characteristic quality of his poem is ...
... creation in its whole extent , and his descriptions are therefore learned . He had accustomed his imagination to unrestrained indul- gence , and his conceptions therefore were extensive . The characteristic quality of his poem is ...
Page xl
... creation of man is re- presented as the consequence of the vacuity left in heaven by the expulsion of the rebels ; yet ... created being . I know not whether his answer to the Angel's reproof for curiosity does not want some- thing of ...
... creation of man is re- presented as the consequence of the vacuity left in heaven by the expulsion of the rebels ; yet ... created being . I know not whether his answer to the Angel's reproof for curiosity does not want some- thing of ...
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Abdiel Adam Almighty Angels arms aught beast Beelzebub behold bliss bright burning lake Canaan celestial Cherubim cloud created creatures dark days of Heaven death deep delight didst divine doom dreadful dwell earth ELIJAH FENTON eternal evil eyes fair faith Father fear Fiend fierce fire flaming flowers fruit glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell highth hill honour Ithuriel JOHN MILTON King less lest light live mankind Messiah Milton mind Moloch nigh night o'er pain PARADISE LOST peace praise reign replied round sapience Satan Satan return scape seat seemed Serpent shade shalt sight soon sovran spake Spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thunder thyself tree Uriel virtue voice whence wings wonder Zephon