Milton's Paradise Lost: Books I and II, Book 1Silver, Burdett and Company, 1897 - 80 pages |
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... adjective ethereal ' here and in i . 285 ; ii . 139 , 311 , 601 , which must be carefully distinguished from aerial ' and ' aery ' ( see i . 430 , 775 ; ii . 407 ) , the adjectives standing for the common air . As the aether was ...
... adjective ethereal ' here and in i . 285 ; ii . 139 , 311 , 601 , which must be carefully distinguished from aerial ' and ' aery ' ( see i . 430 , 775 ; ii . 407 ) , the adjectives standing for the common air . As the aether was ...
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... adjectives in modern English which do not end in ' d , ' e.g. , insatiate , sedate , ornate . 4 180. forlorn , desolate and gloomy . 182. Here we are distinctly told , in contradiction to 1. 63 , that the flames of hell did give forth ...
... adjectives in modern English which do not end in ' d , ' e.g. , insatiate , sedate , ornate . 4 180. forlorn , desolate and gloomy . 182. Here we are distinctly told , in contradiction to 1. 63 , that the flames of hell did give forth ...
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... adjectives instead of abstract nouns in imitation of classical usage . See xi . 4 , the stony ' for ' stony hardness , ' and ii . 278 . " 248. Whom reason hath equalled ( with us ) , who , though equal , i.e. , not superior to us in ...
... adjectives instead of abstract nouns in imitation of classical usage . See xi . 4 , the stony ' for ' stony hardness , ' and ii . 278 . " 248. Whom reason hath equalled ( with us ) , who , though equal , i.e. , not superior to us in ...
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... adjective is used alone , as the noun with which it agrees is easily understood ( see 1. 71 ) . is one of Milton's many imitations of Latin and Greek idioms . This roamed the Isles , reached the isles in the course of their wan- derings ...
... adjective is used alone , as the noun with which it agrees is easily understood ( see 1. 71 ) . is one of Milton's many imitations of Latin and Greek idioms . This roamed the Isles , reached the isles in the course of their wan- derings ...
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... adjective used as an abstract noun . Satan after being plunged in the depth of despair had risen to a far higher position than his hopes had at first aspired to . Now , not contented with this elevation , he aimed at still further im ...
... adjective used as an abstract noun . Satan after being plunged in the depth of despair had risen to a far higher position than his hopes had at first aspired to . Now , not contented with this elevation , he aimed at still further im ...
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according adjective adverb Aeneid ancient arms army battle Beelzebub Belial bleating burning burning lake called Chaos Cherubim clause Compare darkness death deep Demogorgon derived described devils dread earth Egypt empyreal epic epithet equivalent eternal ethereal expressed fallen angels fear fire first-born flames force glory gods Greek mythology hath Heaven Hell highth hill Homer hope horrid hypallage imitating infernal instance intransitive Israelites Jehovah Keightley king lake Latin Mammon means Milton mind misery modern English Moloch mortal night nominative absolute noun noun sentence object ordinary pain Paradise Lost participle passage passive pathetic fallacy poem poet poetry preposition punishment race rebel angels regarded reign Samson Agonistes Satan seems sense Seraphim sound spear speech Spirits suggests supposed Thammuz thee things thou thought throne thunder transitive verb utter verse Virgil Vondel's wind wings word worse writers zeugma