A Familiar Explanation of the Poetical Works of Milton: To which is Prefixed Mr. Addison's Criticism on Paradise Lost ; with a Preface by the Rev. Mr. DoddJ. and R. Tonson, 1762 - 144 pàgines |
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Pàgina 48
... of the lewd and luxurious . He is in the second Book , pursuant to that Defcription , characterised as timorous and flothful ; and if we look into the fixth Book , Book , we find him celebrated in the Battle of 48 A CRITIQUE upon.
... of the lewd and luxurious . He is in the second Book , pursuant to that Defcription , characterised as timorous and flothful ; and if we look into the fixth Book , Book , we find him celebrated in the Battle of 48 A CRITIQUE upon.
Pàgina 49
... Second . We were before told , that he was the first who taught Mankind to ranfack the Earth for Gold and Silver , and that he was the Architect of Panda- monium , or the infernal Palace , where the evil Spirits were to meet in Council ...
... Second . We were before told , that he was the first who taught Mankind to ranfack the Earth for Gold and Silver , and that he was the Architect of Panda- monium , or the infernal Palace , where the evil Spirits were to meet in Council ...
Pàgina 55
... Second Book repre- fented the Infernal World with all its Horrors , the Thread of his Fable naturally leads him into the oppo- fite Regions of Blifs and Glory . IF Milton's Majefty forfakes him any where , it is in those Parts of his ...
... Second Book repre- fented the Infernal World with all its Horrors , the Thread of his Fable naturally leads him into the oppo- fite Regions of Blifs and Glory . IF Milton's Majefty forfakes him any where , it is in those Parts of his ...
Pàgina 82
... Second . What when we fled amain , purfi'd and ftrook With Heav'n's afflicting Thunder , and befought The Deep to fhelter us ; this Hell then feem'd A Refuge from thofe Wounds- IN fhort , the Poet never mentions any thing of this Battle ...
... Second . What when we fled amain , purfi'd and ftrook With Heav'n's afflicting Thunder , and befought The Deep to fhelter us ; this Hell then feem'd A Refuge from thofe Wounds- IN fhort , the Poet never mentions any thing of this Battle ...
Pàgina 114
... second Groan ; Sky lowr'd , and , muttering Thunder , fome fad Drops Wept at completing of the mortal Sin- AS all Nature fuffered by the Guilt of our first Pa rents , the Symptoms of Trouble and Confternation are wonderfully imagined ...
... second Groan ; Sky lowr'd , and , muttering Thunder , fome fad Drops Wept at completing of the mortal Sin- AS all Nature fuffered by the Guilt of our first Pa rents , the Symptoms of Trouble and Confternation are wonderfully imagined ...
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Pàgina 117 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Pàgina 74 - For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Pàgina 108 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Pàgina 43 - A shout that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
Pàgina 31 - Milton seems to have been sensible of this imperfection in his fable, and has therefore endeavoured to cure it by several expedients...
Pàgina 6 - Troy, and engaged all the gods in factions. ^Eneas's settlement in Italy produced the Caesars and gave birth to the Roman Empire. Milton's subject was still greater than either of the former; it does not determine the fate of single persons or nations, but of a whole species.
Pàgina 115 - But when such persons are introduced as principal actors, and engaged in a series of adventures, they take too much upon them, and are by no means proper for an heroic poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal parts.
Pàgina 81 - The author appears in a kind of composed and sedate majesty; and though the sentiments do not give so great an emotion as those in the former book, they abound with as magnificent ideas. The sixth book, like a troubled ocean, represents greatness in confusion; the seventh affects the imagination like the ocean in a calm, and fills the mind of the reader, without producing in it any thing like tumult or agitation.
Pàgina 134 - I have endeavoured to show how some passages are beautiful by being sublime, others by being soft, others by being natural; which of them are recommended by the passion, which by the moral, which by the sentiment, and which by the expression.
Pàgina 15 - ... of others. Virgil has excelled all others in the propriety of his sentiments. Milton...