Milton's Paradise Lost: Books I and IIGinn, 1879 - 113 pages |
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Page xxi
... Virgil , and Homer had supposed the place of punishment to be within the earth . Dante's Inferno consists of nine circles extending beyond the centre of the earth and increasing in horror towards the lowest , to which are consigned such ...
... Virgil , and Homer had supposed the place of punishment to be within the earth . Dante's Inferno consists of nine circles extending beyond the centre of the earth and increasing in horror towards the lowest , to which are consigned such ...
Page xxii
... Virgil makes it twice as far , and Milton thrice as far ; as if these three great poets had stretched their utmost genius and vied with each other in extending his idea of Hell farthest . " A little reflection will convince any one that ...
... Virgil makes it twice as far , and Milton thrice as far ; as if these three great poets had stretched their utmost genius and vied with each other in extending his idea of Hell farthest . " A little reflection will convince any one that ...
Page xxv
... Virgil both acquaint us with many forms of punish- ment in Tartarus . Eneas on his visit to the world of shades was not admitted within its gates , on the ground that no holy person is allowed to tread the accursed threshold . The Sibyl ...
... Virgil both acquaint us with many forms of punish- ment in Tartarus . Eneas on his visit to the world of shades was not admitted within its gates , on the ground that no holy person is allowed to tread the accursed threshold . The Sibyl ...
Page xxvi
... Virgil's description of the gates of Tartarus . Milton's gates are thrice threefold , — the inner folds being of brass , the middle of iron , and the outer of rock . Masson imagines the gates to be at the highest point of the concave ...
... Virgil's description of the gates of Tartarus . Milton's gates are thrice threefold , — the inner folds being of brass , the middle of iron , and the outer of rock . Masson imagines the gates to be at the highest point of the concave ...
Page xxxi
... Virgil , or Dante . The number of such masters is so limited that a man acquires a world - rank in poetry and art , instead of a mere local rank , by being counted to them . But Milton's importance to us Englishmen , by virtue of this ...
... Virgil , or Dante . The number of such masters is so limited that a man acquires a world - rank in poetry and art , instead of a mere local rank , by being counted to them . But Milton's importance to us Englishmen , by virtue of this ...
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Page xxix - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet— Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven: The roof was fretted gold.
Page 42 - In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury, and outrage: And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Page 27 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight; till on dry land He lights; if it were land that ever...