The Poetical Works of John MiltonJ. R. Osgood, 1874 |
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Page 118
... whole first speech of Satan to Beelzebub is very abrupt and irregular - approaching here and there the figures of speech known in books on Rhetoric as Anacolouth ( unfinished clause or sentence ) , and Synathræsmus ( hubbub ) . In this ...
... whole first speech of Satan to Beelzebub is very abrupt and irregular - approaching here and there the figures of speech known in books on Rhetoric as Anacolouth ( unfinished clause or sentence ) , and Synathræsmus ( hubbub ) . In this ...
Page 129
... whole poem is a development . 668. " Clashed on their sounding shields . " It was the custom of the Roman soldiers , says Bentley , to applaud by smiting their shields with their swords . One might have guessed as much . 669. " Hurling ...
... whole poem is a development . 668. " Clashed on their sounding shields . " It was the custom of the Roman soldiers , says Bentley , to applaud by smiting their shields with their swords . One might have guessed as much . 669. " Hurling ...
Page 137
... whole passage is an important one in the plan of the Poem . 66 351-353 . so was His will , " & c . Heb . vi . 17 ; with a recollection also , as Hume noted , of Iliad , i . 528 , and Æn . ix . 104 . 367. " puny . " Perhaps , as Newton ...
... whole passage is an important one in the plan of the Poem . 66 351-353 . so was His will , " & c . Heb . vi . 17 ; with a recollection also , as Hume noted , of Iliad , i . 528 , and Æn . ix . 104 . 367. " puny . " Perhaps , as Newton ...
Page 138
... whole assembly- Beelzebub pausing in his speech to permit it to be made , but still standing . 390-416 . " Well have ye judged , " & c . Assuming that all are agreed and that the debate is now ended , Beelzebub , before he sits down ...
... whole assembly- Beelzebub pausing in his speech to permit it to be made , but still standing . 390-416 . " Well have ye judged , " & c . Assuming that all are agreed and that the debate is now ended , Beelzebub , before he sits down ...
Page 140
... whole simile . Mr. Keightley quotes Spenser's 40th Sonnet . 491. " Scowls o'er the darkened landskip snow or shower . " A bold metaphor ; for , unless we enclose the words " snow or shower " between two commas ( which would violate the ...
... whole simile . Mr. Keightley quotes Spenser's 40th Sonnet . 491. " Scowls o'er the darkened landskip snow or shower . " A bold metaphor ; for , unless we enclose the words " snow or shower " between two commas ( which would violate the ...
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