Milton's Paradise Lost: Books I and IIGinn, 1879 - 113 pages |
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Page xiv
... give but one of Masson's diagrams , the last of his three . His first is simply a circle , with a diameter drawn horizontally through it . The second is the same circle , with its diameter , and with an antarctic region like the so ...
... give but one of Masson's diagrams , the last of his three . His first is simply a circle , with a diameter drawn horizontally through it . The second is the same circle , with its diameter , and with an antarctic region like the so ...
Page xxxi
... gives him lessons which nowhere else from an Englishman's work can he obtain , and feeds a sense which English literature , in general , seems too much bent on disappointing and baffling . And this sense is yet so deep - seated in human ...
... gives him lessons which nowhere else from an Englishman's work can he obtain , and feeds a sense which English literature , in general , seems too much bent on disappointing and baffling . And this sense is yet so deep - seated in human ...
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... give way to a moment's flash of restoration , a moment's glimpse of the great triumph of the Messiah portrayed in the twelfth book ? -Deadeners of the harmony ' ? De Quincey says , " Be assured it is yourself that do not read with ...
... give way to a moment's flash of restoration , a moment's glimpse of the great triumph of the Messiah portrayed in the twelfth book ? -Deadeners of the harmony ' ? De Quincey says , " Be assured it is yourself that do not read with ...
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... gives to the language of the blessed that prompt eloquence and musical sweetness by which it is character- ized . She appears as the inspirer of the poetical language in versified portions of the Sacred Scripture , while the Holy Spirit ...
... gives to the language of the blessed that prompt eloquence and musical sweetness by which it is character- ized . She appears as the inspirer of the poetical language in versified portions of the Sacred Scripture , while the Holy Spirit ...
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... gives intimation of his intention to write a great poem , and for the afflatus he relies upon no ordinary means , but upon ' devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and all knowledge . ' Observe that he ...
... gives intimation of his intention to write a great poem , and for the afflatus he relies upon no ordinary means , but upon ' devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and all knowledge . ' Observe that he ...
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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...