Milton's Paradise Lost: Books I and IIGinn, 1879 - 113 pages |
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Page xxiii
... evil is divided by concentric circles into four parts , con- signed respectively to the four elemental properties of ancient physics that in Chaos appear as four warring champions , Hot , Dry , Moist , and Cold . ( See Professor Himes's ...
... evil is divided by concentric circles into four parts , con- signed respectively to the four elemental properties of ancient physics that in Chaos appear as four warring champions , Hot , Dry , Moist , and Cold . ( See Professor Himes's ...
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... etc. The origin of evil , a problem of universal and never - failing interest , is here suggested . Like Homer , but unlike Virgil and Tasso , Milton combines the announcement of Brought death into the world , and all our woe.
... etc. The origin of evil , a problem of universal and never - failing interest , is here suggested . Like Homer , but unlike Virgil and Tasso , Milton combines the announcement of Brought death into the world , and all our woe.
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... evil ( or causing distress ) . Ordinarily it means sorrowful ? What of the old super- stition about the injurious magic or fascination of an evil eye ' ? -57 . Wit- nessed , testified to , bore witness of . The Clar . Press ed . says ...
... evil ( or causing distress ) . Ordinarily it means sorrowful ? What of the old super- stition about the injurious magic or fascination of an evil eye ' ? -57 . Wit- nessed , testified to , bore witness of . The Clar . Press ed . says ...
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... evil seek to bring forth good , Our labor must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which oft - times may succeed , so as perhaps Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and disturb His inmost counsels from ...
... evil seek to bring forth good , Our labor must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which oft - times may succeed , so as perhaps Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and disturb His inmost counsels from ...
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... Evil to others ; and , enraged , might see How all his malice served but to bring forth Infinite goodness , grace , and mercy , shown On man by him seduced , but on himself Treble confusion , wrath , and vengeance poured . Forthwith ...
... Evil to others ; and , enraged , might see How all his malice served but to bring forth Infinite goodness , grace , and mercy , shown On man by him seduced , but on himself Treble confusion , wrath , and vengeance poured . Forthwith ...
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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...