The Poetical Works of John MiltonJ. R. Osgood, 1874 |
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Page 129
... Keightley thinks Milton here " forgets that the scene is in Hell , not upon Earth . " Milton forgets nothing of the kind . The expression is in perfect con- sistency with his imagination of the whereabouts of the Fallen Angels . They ...
... Keightley thinks Milton here " forgets that the scene is in Hell , not upon Earth . " Milton forgets nothing of the kind . The expression is in perfect con- sistency with his imagination of the whereabouts of the Fallen Angels . They ...
Page 143
... Keightley " You common cry of curs from Shakespeare's Coriolanus , III . iii . " " 659-661 . " Far less abhorred " ( i.e. " to be abhorred " ) " than these vexed Scylla . " The legend , as told in Ovid , was that Circe , being jealous ...
... Keightley " You common cry of curs from Shakespeare's Coriolanus , III . iii . " " 659-661 . " Far less abhorred " ( i.e. " to be abhorred " ) " than these vexed Scylla . " The legend , as told in Ovid , was that Circe , being jealous ...
Page 145
... Keightley's explanation is certainly sound . He says , " These are the mental torments that are the consequences of sin , and they are rendered more grievous by the idea of death . " 814. " Save He " : an unusual construction . 830-837 ...
... Keightley's explanation is certainly sound . He says , " These are the mental torments that are the consequences of sin , and they are rendered more grievous by the idea of death . " 814. " Save He " : an unusual construction . 830-837 ...
Page 163
... Keightley notes : " He here seems to quit the Ptolemaic for the Copernican astronomy , for according to the former they were all fixed in the face of one sphere , so that he could not well be said to wind his way among them . " But in ...
... Keightley notes : " He here seems to quit the Ptolemaic for the Copernican astronomy , for according to the former they were all fixed in the face of one sphere , so that he could not well be said to wind his way among them . " But in ...
Page 167
... Keightley remarks , our modern expression " to wreak vengeance " is incorrect . In the original editions the word is spelt " wreck . " one . 66 20-23 . ' within him Hell he brings , " & c . The idea here is an old Todd finds it in ...
... Keightley remarks , our modern expression " to wreak vengeance " is incorrect . In the original editions the word is spelt " wreck . " one . 66 20-23 . ' within him Hell he brings , " & c . The idea here is an old Todd finds it in ...
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