Milton's Paradise Lost: Books I and IIGinn, 1879 - 113 pages |
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Page vii
... Deep in this tremendous abyss lies Hell , perhaps near the centre , possibly at the nadir ; distant , at any rate , from the light of God by three times the radius of our starry universe . * In the centre of hell is the lake of fire , a ...
... Deep in this tremendous abyss lies Hell , perhaps near the centre , possibly at the nadir ; distant , at any rate , from the light of God by three times the radius of our starry universe . * In the centre of hell is the lake of fire , a ...
Page xxi
... deep down and extends towards the shades twice as far as is the prospect upward to the ethereal throne of Heaven " * In a foot - note on this passage Masson adds , " Heaven or the Empyrean being necessarily represented in our diagram as ...
... deep down and extends towards the shades twice as far as is the prospect upward to the ethereal throne of Heaven " * In a foot - note on this passage Masson adds , " Heaven or the Empyrean being necessarily represented in our diagram as ...
Page xxxi
... deep - seated in human nature this sense of style — that prob- ably not for artists alone , but for all intelligent Englishmen who read him , its gratification by Milton's poetry is a large , though often not fully recognized part of ...
... deep - seated in human nature this sense of style — that prob- ably not for artists alone , but for all intelligent Englishmen who read him , its gratification by Milton's poetry is a large , though often not fully recognized part of ...
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... deep . Which action passed over , the poem hastens into the midst of things , presenting Satan with his angels now fallen into Hell , described here , not in the centre , ( for Heaven and Earth may be supposed as yet not made ...
... deep . Which action passed over , the poem hastens into the midst of things , presenting Satan with his angels now fallen into Hell , described here , not in the centre , ( for Heaven and Earth may be supposed as yet not made ...
Page 11
... deep tract of hell say first , what cause Moved our grand parents in that happy state , Favored of heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first ...
... deep tract of hell say first , what cause Moved our grand parents in that happy state , Favored of heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first ...
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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...