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Pàgina 29
an infernal council plotting the fall of Man , which is the Action he proposed to
celebrate ; and as for those great actions , the battle of the angels , and the
creation of the world , ( which preceded in point of time , and which , in my
opinion ...
an infernal council plotting the fall of Man , which is the Action he proposed to
celebrate ; and as for those great actions , the battle of the angels , and the
creation of the world , ( which preceded in point of time , and which , in my
opinion ...
Pàgina 38
There is another circumstance in the principal actors of the Iliad and Æneid which
gives a peculiar beauty to those two poems , and was therefore contrived with
very great judgment ; I mean the authors having chosen for their heroes persons
...
There is another circumstance in the principal actors of the Iliad and Æneid which
gives a peculiar beauty to those two poems , and was therefore contrived with
very great judgment ; I mean the authors having chosen for their heroes persons
...
Pàgina 41
If in either of these cases the poet endeavours to argue or explain , to magnify or
diminish , to raise love or hatred , pity or tersor , or any other passion , we ought
to consider whether the Sentiments he makes use of are proper for those ends .
If in either of these cases the poet endeavours to argue or explain , to magnify or
diminish , to raise love or hatred , pity or tersor , or any other passion , we ought
to consider whether the Sentiments he makes use of are proper for those ends .
Pàgina 56
This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in those two celebrated lines ,
Errors , like straws , upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls must
dive below . A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than
imperfections ...
This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in those two celebrated lines ,
Errors , like straws , upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls must
dive below . A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than
imperfections ...
Pàgina 223
Therefore what he gives ( Whose praise be ever sung ) to man in part 405
Spiritual , may of purest spi'rits be found No ' ingrateful food : and food alike those
pure ļntelligential substances require , As doth your rational ; and both contain
Within ...
Therefore what he gives ( Whose praise be ever sung ) to man in part 405
Spiritual , may of purest spi'rits be found No ' ingrateful food : and food alike those
pure ļntelligential substances require , As doth your rational ; and both contain
Within ...
Què en diuen els usuaris - Escriviu una ressenya
No hem trobat cap ressenya als llocs habituals.
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
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Frases i termes més freqüents
Adam angels appear arms behold BOOK bounds bring callid cloud coming created creatures dark death deep delight divine doubt dreadful dwell earth equal eternal evil eyes fair faith fall Father fear fell field fight fire firſt force fruit gate give glory gods grace hand happy hast hath head heard heart Heav'n heav'nly Hell hill hope human kind King land leave leſs light live look mankind mean meet Milton mind morning moſt muſt nature never night once pain Paradiſe peace perhaps poem poet receive reign reply'd round Satan ſeveral ſhall ſhould sight ſome soon Spi'rit stood ſuch thee thence theſe things thoſe thou thoughts throne till tree virtue voice whence whoſe wide winds wings
Passatges populars
Pàgina 109 - But such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar's shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between...
Pàgina 203 - For God is also in sleep ; and dreams advise, Which he hath sent propitious, some great good Presaging, since, with sorrow and heart's distress Wearied, I fell asleep: but now lead on— In me is no delay : with thee to go, Is to stay here ; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling ; thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence. This further consolation yet secure I carry hence ; though all by me is lost, Such favour I, unworthy, am...
Pàgina 55 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Pàgina 201 - And all the rule, one empire; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance; add love, By name to come call'd charity, the soul Of all the rest : then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far.
Pàgina 100 - This may be well; but what if God have seen, And death ensue? then I shall be no more, And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct: A death to think...
Pàgina 139 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Pàgina 27 - Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing ! The meaning, not the name, I call ; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but heavenly born, Before the hills appear'd or fountain flow'd, Thou with eternal Wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy sister, and with her didst play In presence of the Almighty Father, pleased With thy celestial song.
Pàgina 51 - To ask or search, I blame thee not; for heaven Is as the book of God before thee set, Wherein to read his wondrous works...
Pàgina 189 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to...
Pàgina 162 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory Or monument to ages, and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers T In yonder nether world where shall I seek His bright appearances, or footstep trace...
Informació bibliogràfica
| Títol | Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ... Volums 28-29 de Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill, John Hamilton Mortimer |
| Il·lustracions de | Thomas Stothard, John Hamilton Mortimer |
| Editor | J. Bell, 1776 |
| Original de | Biblioteca Pública de Nova York |
| Digitalitzat el | 4 Oct. 2006 |
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