Milton's Paradise Lost: Books I and IIGinn, 1879 - 113 pages |
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Page xxiii
... land burning with " solid fire , " a broad belt of the fiercest vol- canic nature surrounding the " inflamed sea , " as similar belts , though less in extent and power , gird our earthly oceans . There is a gradual shifting of the scene ...
... land burning with " solid fire , " a broad belt of the fiercest vol- canic nature surrounding the " inflamed sea , " as similar belts , though less in extent and power , gird our earthly oceans . There is a gradual shifting of the scene ...
Page xxvi
... land , or sea , or air , or fire , are in a state of isolation and force and war . It is a region presided over by Chaos , Chance , and Night , and contains that confusion , uncertainty , and darkness appropriate to them ...
... land , or sea , or air , or fire , are in a state of isolation and force and war . It is a region presided over by Chaos , Chance , and Night , and contains that confusion , uncertainty , and darkness appropriate to them ...
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... Land seems to be included . -81 . Beelzebub . He is styled the prince of the devils ' in Matt . xii . 24. The word is said to mean ' god of flies ' ! ( though others interpret it ' lord of the dunghill , ' ) and to be more correctly ...
... Land seems to be included . -81 . Beelzebub . He is styled the prince of the devils ' in Matt . xii . 24. The word is said to mean ' god of flies ' ! ( though others interpret it ' lord of the dunghill , ' ) and to be more correctly ...
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... land - surveying . Wedgwood ) . Often used in Old Eng . for rod . But square measure seems better here than long ... lands of the earth . Hazlitt thinks that in Milton's imagination the monster seemed so vast that the ocean dwindled to a ...
... land - surveying . Wedgwood ) . Often used in Old Eng . for rod . But square measure seems better here than long ... lands of the earth . Hazlitt thinks that in Milton's imagination the monster seemed so vast that the ocean dwindled to a ...
Page 28
... land 6 He lights ; if it were land that ever burned With solid , as the lake with liquid fire , And such appeared in hue , as when the force Of subterranean wind transports a hill Torn from Pelorus , or the shattered side Of thundering ...
... land 6 He lights ; if it were land that ever burned With solid , as the lake with liquid fire , And such appeared in hue , as when the force Of subterranean wind transports a hill Torn from Pelorus , or the shattered side Of thundering ...
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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...