Milton's Paradise Lost: Books I and IIGinn, 1879 - 113 pages |
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Page xiv
... The second is the same circle , with its diameter , and with an antarctic region like the so- called ' south frigid zone ' of the geographies . ED . - Glory , in the midst whereof GOD , though omnipresent xiv INTRODUCTION .
... The second is the same circle , with its diameter , and with an antarctic region like the so- called ' south frigid zone ' of the geographies . ED . - Glory , in the midst whereof GOD , though omnipresent xiv INTRODUCTION .
Page xv
... called " the Angels , " or " Sons of God , " who draw near to His throne in worship , derive thence their nurture and their delight , and yet live dispersed through all the ranges and recesses of the region , leading severally their ...
... called " the Angels , " or " Sons of God , " who draw near to His throne in worship , derive thence their nurture and their delight , and yet live dispersed through all the ranges and recesses of the region , leading severally their ...
Page xvi
... called by imperial summons from all the ends of Heaven , assemble innumerably before the throne of the Almighty ; beside whom , imbosomed in bliss , sat the Divine Son . They had come to hear this divine decree : " Hear , all ye Angels ...
... called by imperial summons from all the ends of Heaven , assemble innumerably before the throne of the Almighty ; beside whom , imbosomed in bliss , sat the Divine Son . They had come to hear this divine decree : " Hear , all ye Angels ...
Page xxii
... called " utter " by Milton to distinguish it both in quality and place from " middle or chaotic darkness , as further from heavenly light and more fearful . It is also called " darkness visible , " which to those denizens of Hell ...
... called " utter " by Milton to distinguish it both in quality and place from " middle or chaotic darkness , as further from heavenly light and more fearful . It is also called " darkness visible , " which to those denizens of Hell ...
Page xxix
... called bossy sculp- tures , are all prominent objects in the earthly temple of the gods as in their Plutonian Capitol . As the roof of Pandemonium is of fretted gold , so that of the Pantheon was formerly covered with plates of gilded ...
... called bossy sculp- tures , are all prominent objects in the earthly temple of the gods as in their Plutonian Capitol . As the roof of Pandemonium is of fretted gold , so that of the Pantheon was formerly covered with plates of gilded ...
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Abarim abyss abyss of Chaos Æneid Almighty amphibrach ancient angels Argob arms Beelzebub behold Belial Boeotia Book bright burning cæsura called centre Chaos Comus Dante darkness death deep Deity devils Dict dread earth Empyrean Eneid English eternal evil Exod Faerie Queene fiery fire flames flowers force fury gates glory gods Greek hath heaven heavenly hell Hesiod highth hill Himes Homer Iliad infernal Jove Julius Cæsar Keightley king Latin light Lycidas Macbeth Masson meaning Milton Moloch Muse night o'er Old Eng Ovid pain Pantheon Paradise Lost passage perhaps phrase poem poetry poets region reign rhyme river Satan says seat seems sense Shakes Shakespeare song sound space Spenser spirits Starry Universe stood Storr sublime syllable Tartarus temple thee thence Theocritus thou thought throne thunder utter vast verse viii Virgil Wedgwood winds wings word
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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...