The Poetical Works of John MiltonJ. R. Osgood, 1874 |
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Page 138
... commentators , after Bishop Newton , who quotes an exactly similar expression for the terrestrial globe from Cicero . But this interpretation must be wrong . The Angels know nothing as yet of the Earth or the nature of its environment ...
... commentators , after Bishop Newton , who quotes an exactly similar expression for the terrestrial globe from Cicero . But this interpretation must be wrong . The Angels know nothing as yet of the Earth or the nature of its environment ...
Page 139
... commentators suggest that concave would have been the proper word from Satan's point of view ; but might he not be imagining Hell from the outside ? 439. “ unessential Night " : i.e. having no real substance or existence , -a kind of ...
... commentators suggest that concave would have been the proper word from Satan's point of view ; but might he not be imagining Hell from the outside ? 439. “ unessential Night " : i.e. having no real substance or existence , -a kind of ...
Page 143
... commentators have pointed out , may be considered as a paraphrase of the Scriptural text ( James i . 15 ) , ' Then , when Lust hath conceived , it bringeth forth Sin ; and Sin , when it is finished , bringeth forth Death ; " but in ...
... commentators have pointed out , may be considered as a paraphrase of the Scriptural text ( James i . 15 ) , ' Then , when Lust hath conceived , it bringeth forth Sin ; and Sin , when it is finished , bringeth forth Death ; " but in ...
Page 156
... language of the Hymn the commentators have noted Isaiah vi . 2 , Col. i . 15 , 16 , Rev. iv . 14 , Heb . i . 3 , John i . 9 , Micah v . 15 . 377. " but when thou shad'st " : i.e. " 156 [ BOOK III . Notes to Paradise Lost .
... language of the Hymn the commentators have noted Isaiah vi . 2 , Col. i . 15 , 16 , Rev. iv . 14 , Heb . i . 3 , John i . 9 , Micah v . 15 . 377. " but when thou shad'st " : i.e. " 156 [ BOOK III . Notes to Paradise Lost .
Page 170
... commentators have been puzzled by this passage . Satan being immortal already , they say , did not need the pledge of immortality that would have been given by eating of the Tree of Life ; and the construction does not permit the " well ...
... commentators have been puzzled by this passage . Satan being immortal already , they say , did not need the pledge of immortality that would have been given by eating of the Tree of Life ; and the construction does not permit the " well ...
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