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Page 123
It is by these names only — their names as the idols of the various Polytheisms -
that they are now known ; and it is by these names that they must , though by
anticipation , be called in the poem ! 376. “ who first , who last ” : as in Iliad , v .
It is by these names only — their names as the idols of the various Polytheisms -
that they are now known ; and it is by these names that they must , though by
anticipation , be called in the poem ! 376. “ who first , who last ” : as in Iliad , v .
Page 131
The centre or interior of the Earth , say the commentators unanimously . Not so .
Centre here is the Earth itself as a whole , not its interior merely . , In old literature
the Earth , as the supposed centre of the Universe , was frequently called “ the ...
The centre or interior of the Earth , say the commentators unanimously . Not so .
Centre here is the Earth itself as a whole , not its interior merely . , In old literature
the Earth , as the supposed centre of the Universe , was frequently called “ the ...
Page 132
A cresset was any open vessel , jar , or cage , in which tarred ropes or the like
could be burnt by way of beacon - lights ; hence such lights themselves were also
called cressets . Wedgwood connects the word etymologically with the English ...
A cresset was any open vessel , jar , or cage , in which tarred ropes or the like
could be burnt by way of beacon - lights ; hence such lights themselves were also
called cressets . Wedgwood connects the word etymologically with the English ...
Page 143
To some the introduction of such an Allegory at all , mixing merely Metaphysical
Beings , or Personified Abstractions , with what may be called in a sense the Real
or Historical persons of the Epic , has appeared in questionable taste ; while ...
To some the introduction of such an Allegory at all , mixing merely Metaphysical
Beings , or Personified Abstractions , with what may be called in a sense the Real
or Historical persons of the Epic , has appeared in questionable taste ; while ...
Page 147
Here we have another cluster of what may be called metaphysical Entities ,
placed by Milton in or near the heart of Chaos - Chaos himself , personified as
King of the Abyss ; his consort , Night ; and around their throne Orcus and Ades (
two ...
Here we have another cluster of what may be called metaphysical Entities ,
placed by Milton in or near the heart of Chaos - Chaos himself , personified as
King of the Abyss ; his consort , Night ; and around their throne Orcus and Ades (
two ...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of John Milton |
| Author | John Mitford |
| Editors | John Mitford, David Masson |
| Publisher | J. R. Osgood, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 10 Nov 2016 |
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