Milton's Paradise Lost: Books I and IIGinn, 1879 - 113 pages |
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Page xxiv
... force to bear upon the denizens of Hell . It must be kept in mind that Dante's Hell was entirely included within the Earth , while Milton's was not only larger than the Earth , but in horizontal extent wider than the diameter of the ...
... force to bear upon the denizens of Hell . It must be kept in mind that Dante's Hell was entirely included within the Earth , while Milton's was not only larger than the Earth , but in horizontal extent wider than the diameter of the ...
Page xxvi
... force and war . It is a region presided over by Chaos , Chance , and Night , and contains that confusion , uncertainty , and darkness appropriate to them . . . . Professor Masson makes a very natural oversight in the location of the ...
... force and war . It is a region presided over by Chaos , Chance , and Night , and contains that confusion , uncertainty , and darkness appropriate to them . . . . Professor Masson makes a very natural oversight in the location of the ...
Page xxxiv
... force or energy ? by elegance or beauty ? ) ( 7. What " figures of speech " are found ? Is the author happy in his use of figurative language ? ) ( 8. What of the poetical feet ? verse ? cæsura ? stanza ? harmony ? ) 9. Point out any ...
... force or energy ? by elegance or beauty ? ) ( 7. What " figures of speech " are found ? Is the author happy in his use of figurative language ? ) ( 8. What of the poetical feet ? verse ? cæsura ? stanza ? harmony ? ) 9. Point out any ...
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... Force of ' besides ' ? - 33 , 34. Who first seduced them , etc. So Iliad , I. 8 , Τίς τ ' ἄρ σφωε θεῶν ἔριδι ξυνέηκε μάχεσθαι ; Λητοῦς και Διὸς υἱός , and which , then , of the gods committed the twain to contend in angry strife ? The ...
... Force of ' besides ' ? - 33 , 34. Who first seduced them , etc. So Iliad , I. 8 , Τίς τ ' ἄρ σφωε θεῶν ἔριδι ξυνέηκε μάχεσθαι ; Λητοῦς και Διὸς υἱός , and which , then , of the gods committed the twain to contend in angry strife ? The ...
Page 12
... likelihood of his actively exerting that strength ? In lines 93 , 94 , of this book , Satan asks , " And , till then , who knew the force of Against the throne and monarchy of God Raised impious war 12 PARADISE LOST .
... likelihood of his actively exerting that strength ? In lines 93 , 94 , of this book , Satan asks , " And , till then , who knew the force of Against the throne and monarchy of God Raised impious war 12 PARADISE LOST .
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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...