The Spectator, Volum 5William Durell and Company, 1810 |
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Pàgina 43
... Milton's Paradise Lost may be called an heroic poem ? Those who will not give it that title , may call it ( if they please ) a divine poem . It will be sufficient to its perfection , if it has in it No. 267 . 43 THE SPECTATOR .
... Milton's Paradise Lost may be called an heroic poem ? Those who will not give it that title , may call it ( if they please ) a divine poem . It will be sufficient to its perfection , if it has in it No. 267 . 43 THE SPECTATOR .
Pàgina 45
... Milton , in imitation of these two great poets , opens his Paradise Lost with an in- fernal council plotting the fall of man , which is the action he proposes to celebrate ; and as for these great actions , the battle of the angels ...
... Milton , in imitation of these two great poets , opens his Paradise Lost with an in- fernal council plotting the fall of man , which is the action he proposes to celebrate ; and as for these great actions , the battle of the angels ...
Pàgina 46
... Milton excels , I think , both the former in this particular ; we see it contrived in hell , executed upon earth , and punished by Hea- ven . The parts of it are told in the most distinct manner , and grow out of one another in the most ...
... Milton excels , I think , both the former in this particular ; we see it contrived in hell , executed upon earth , and punished by Hea- ven . The parts of it are told in the most distinct manner , and grow out of one another in the most ...
Pàgina 48
... Milton's action is enriched with such a variety of circumstances , that I have taken as much pleasure in reading the contents of his book as in the best invented story I ever met with . It is pos- sible , that the traditions on which ...
... Milton's action is enriched with such a variety of circumstances , that I have taken as much pleasure in reading the contents of his book as in the best invented story I ever met with . It is pos- sible , that the traditions on which ...
Pàgina 49
... Milton's story was transacted in regions that lie out of the reach of the sun and the sphere of day , it is impossible to gratify the reader with such a calculation , which indeed would be more curious than instructive ; none of the ...
... Milton's story was transacted in regions that lie out of the reach of the sun and the sphere of day , it is impossible to gratify the reader with such a calculation , which indeed would be more curious than instructive ; none of the ...
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