The Poetical Works of John MiltonJ. R. Osgood, 1874 |
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Page 141
... four rivers of Hell , after the classic mythology , Milton gives the exact significance of their names severally in Greek - Styx being connected with a verb meaning " to hate , " Acheron with a verb meaning " to grieve , " Cocytus with ...
... four rivers of Hell , after the classic mythology , Milton gives the exact significance of their names severally in Greek - Styx being connected with a verb meaning " to hate , " Acheron with a verb meaning " to grieve , " Cocytus with ...
Page 142
... four rivers flowing into the Lake ; along the courses of which the four several bands of Angels pursue their exploring expeditions , from the lake upwards far beyond the horizon of the plain . Beyond even the regions so reached is the ...
... four rivers flowing into the Lake ; along the courses of which the four several bands of Angels pursue their exploring expeditions , from the lake upwards far beyond the horizon of the plain . Beyond even the regions so reached is the ...
Page 146
... four principles or humours - Heat , Cold , Moisture , and Drought - contending with each other and causing combinations . Farther on we have introduced , also from the obsolete schools of physical science , the four elements - Sea ...
... four principles or humours - Heat , Cold , Moisture , and Drought - contending with each other and causing combinations . Farther on we have introduced , also from the obsolete schools of physical science , the four elements - Sea ...
Page 153
... four of his great predecessors in blindness ; but the " two " are the first two - who were poets , whereas the other two were prophets . Mæonides is Homer himself , reputed by some to have been the son of Mæon . Thamyris , or Thamyras ...
... four of his great predecessors in blindness ; but the " two " are the first two - who were poets , whereas the other two were prophets . Mæonides is Homer himself , reputed by some to have been the son of Mæon . Thamyris , or Thamyras ...
Page 156
... four lines represent the choral hymn of the Angels , in honour first of the Father , and then of the Son . Parts of the passage , indeed - particularly from line 384 or line 390 to line 415 inclusively - might be put within inverted ...
... four lines represent the choral hymn of the Angels , in honour first of the Father , and then of the Son . Parts of the passage , indeed - particularly from line 384 or line 390 to line 415 inclusively - might be put within inverted ...
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