Milton's Paradise Lost: Books I and IIGinn, 1879 - 113 pages |
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Page viii
... critic just quoted , we may cite a paragraph upon Milton's diction and rhythm . " The Style is always great . On the whole it is the greatest in the whole range of English poetry ; so great that when once we have come to know and honor ...
... critic just quoted , we may cite a paragraph upon Milton's diction and rhythm . " The Style is always great . On the whole it is the greatest in the whole range of English poetry ; so great that when once we have come to know and honor ...
Page xiv
... critics have perceived , and in a wider sense than most of them have perceived , is the real hero of the poem . He and his actions are the link between that new World of Man , the infancy of which we behold in the poem , and that ...
... critics have perceived , and in a wider sense than most of them have perceived , is the real hero of the poem . He and his actions are the link between that new World of Man , the infancy of which we behold in the poem , and that ...
Page xxx
... Critic ( EDMOND SCHERER ) on Milton . ] MILTON has always the strong , sure touch of the master . His power both of diction and of rhythm is unsurpassable , and it is char- acterized by being always present , not depending on an access ...
... Critic ( EDMOND SCHERER ) on Milton . ] MILTON has always the strong , sure touch of the master . His power both of diction and of rhythm is unsurpassable , and it is char- acterized by being always present , not depending on an access ...
Page xxxi
... critic poring into with eyes made up for mischief , yet with a mis- giving that all was not quite safe , very much like an old raven look- ing down on a marrow - bone . In fact , such is the metrical skill of the man , and such the ...
... critic poring into with eyes made up for mischief , yet with a mis- giving that all was not quite safe , very much like an old raven look- ing down on a marrow - bone . In fact , such is the metrical skill of the man , and such the ...
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... critics at the novelty of the verse . Meaning mainly to defend his choice of Blank verse for a poem of such an order , he may have let his expression sweep beyond the exact bounds of his intention . For , though he had used Blank verse ...
... critics at the novelty of the verse . Meaning mainly to defend his choice of Blank verse for a poem of such an order , he may have let his expression sweep beyond the exact bounds of his intention . For , though he had used Blank verse ...
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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...