Milton's Paradise Lost ...Macmillan, 1895 |
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Pàgina x
... given up to the vituperation of his religious and political adversaries . Thus , finally , he determined to write a great epic poem on the subject of the loss of Paradise , which he commenced in 1658 , at a time when the appointment of ...
... given up to the vituperation of his religious and political adversaries . Thus , finally , he determined to write a great epic poem on the subject of the loss of Paradise , which he commenced in 1658 , at a time when the appointment of ...
Pàgina xiv
... given from his poem by Mr. Turner in his History of the Anglo- Saxons , or even to the short extract quoted at the com- mencement of Chambers's English Literature , and he will see reason to believe that Milton owes much to his Anglo ...
... given from his poem by Mr. Turner in his History of the Anglo- Saxons , or even to the short extract quoted at the com- mencement of Chambers's English Literature , and he will see reason to believe that Milton owes much to his Anglo ...
Pàgina xxiv
... given of the angels , who are sometimes represented as material , at other times as immaterial , the want of interest in the main action of the poem , and the conventional characters ascribed to Adam and Eve , who seem to M. Taine un ...
... given of the angels , who are sometimes represented as material , at other times as immaterial , the want of interest in the main action of the poem , and the conventional characters ascribed to Adam and Eve , who seem to M. Taine un ...
Pàgina xxvii
... given in the first two books . The other fallen angels are majestic figures whose characters are skilfully discriminated one from the other , but Satan towers far above them all . Milton's Satan is distinguished from all other demons ...
... given in the first two books . The other fallen angels are majestic figures whose characters are skilfully discriminated one from the other , but Satan towers far above them all . Milton's Satan is distinguished from all other demons ...
Pàgina xxviii
... given above , is described by the author of the Ramayana as not without higher feel- ings , which he manifests in the dignified courtesy of his demeanour towards his wife . Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth is deterred from murdering Duncan by ...
... given above , is described by the author of the Ramayana as not without higher feel- ings , which he manifests in the dignified courtesy of his demeanour towards his wife . Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth is deterred from murdering Duncan by ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
Adam and Eve adjective adverb Aeneid amphibrach anapaest apposition Asmodeus beauty bower bright called character Cherub clause Compare death DEIGHTON delight derived described Devil Diodorus Siculus earth English evil express F. J. RowE fair fall fallen angels Fiend flowers fruit Gabriel garden Garden of Eden gate genius glory God's Greek happy hast hath Heaven Hell Homer hope Iapetus intransitive Italian Keightley king Latin means MICHAEL MACMILLAN Milton Milton's poetry mind misery monosyllable Mozambic natural night noun object pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pare participle passage poet poetical polyptoton previous line Prime Orb Puritan regarded round sapphire Satan scale seems sense sewed shade shows sleep son of Noah spear speech spirit stood suggests sweet syllables taste Tennyson thee thou thought throne thyself transitive verb Tree of Knowledge Uriel verb verse Vondel W. T. WEBB word write وو
Passatges populars
Pàgina 21 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Pàgina xxxi - The measure is English Heroic Verse without Rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin; Rime being no necessary Adjunct or true Ornament of Poem or good Verse, in longer Works especially, but the Invention of a barbarous Age, to set off wretched matter and lame Meter...
Pàgina xviii - These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, but yet to some (though most abuse) in every nation; and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations of the mind, and set the affections in right tune...
Pàgina 4 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams...
Pàgina 4 - Ah wherefore ! he deserved no such return From me, whom he created what I was, In that bright eminence, and with his good Upbraided none ; nor was his service hard. What could be less, than to afford him praise, The easiest recompense, and pay him thanks, How due ! yet all his good proved ill in me, And wrought but malice...
Pàgina 11 - Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone...
Pàgina 16 - That day I oft remember, when from sleep I first awaked, and found myself reposed Under a shade on flowers, much wondering where And what I was, whence thither brought, and how. Not distant far from thence a murmuring sound Of waters issued from a cave, and spread Into a liquid plain, then stood unmoved Pure as the expanse of heaven ; I thither went With unexperienced thought, and laid me down On the green bank, to look into the clear Smooth lake, that to me seemed another sky.
Pàgina 6 - Evil, be thou my good ; by thee at least Divided empire with Heaven's King I hold, By thee, and more than half perhaps will reign ; As man ere long and this new world shall know.
Pàgina 24 - Hail wedded Love, mysterious Law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driv'n from men Among the bestial herds to range, by thee Founded in Reason, Loyal, Just, and Pure, Relations dear and all the Charities Of Father, Son, and Brother first were known.
Pàgina 4 - Would set me highest, and in a moment quit The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burdensome still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still received, And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharged...