The Poetical Works of John MiltonJ. R. Osgood, 1874 |
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Page 126
... Observe too that the original theo- gonies of the lands west of Greece - Italy , Spain , Gaul , and the British Islands are represented as branching off from the Grecian theogony in its Saturnian stage . This branching off is connected ...
... Observe too that the original theo- gonies of the lands west of Greece - Italy , Spain , Gaul , and the British Islands are represented as branching off from the Grecian theogony in its Saturnian stage . This branching off is connected ...
Page 130
... might be in Hell . Observe , too , that Milton speaks of metallic ores , and that in fact many such ores are in the form of sulphurets of metals . 675. " brigad . " So spelt in Milton's editions 130 [ BOOK I. Notes to Paradise Lost .
... might be in Hell . Observe , too , that Milton speaks of metallic ores , and that in fact many such ores are in the form of sulphurets of metals . 675. " brigad . " So spelt in Milton's editions 130 [ BOOK I. Notes to Paradise Lost .
Page 131
... Observe degree , priority , and place . ' Milton's meaning is that it was the same Mammon whom he represents as looking for gold even in Heaven , and as now beginning metallurgy in Hell , that afterwards taught mining on Earth . 688 ...
... Observe degree , priority , and place . ' Milton's meaning is that it was the same Mammon whom he represents as looking for gold even in Heaven , and as now beginning metallurgy in Hell , that afterwards taught mining on Earth . 688 ...
Page 136
... Observe how , in the account of the Infernal Council , Milton reserves the decisive speech for the great angel , Beelzebub , not absolutely the chief of the host , but nearest to the chief , and in private possession of his plans . He ...
... Observe how , in the account of the Infernal Council , Milton reserves the decisive speech for the great angel , Beelzebub , not absolutely the chief of the host , but nearest to the chief , and in private possession of his plans . He ...
Page 150
... Observe the gradual diminution of density in the element in which Satan is moving as he approaches the light . It is first " a calmer wave ” —i.e . still comparable to a liquid , though a liquid no longer in commotion ; but , three ...
... Observe the gradual diminution of density in the element in which Satan is moving as he approaches the light . It is first " a calmer wave ” —i.e . still comparable to a liquid , though a liquid no longer in commotion ; but , three ...
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