Poetical Works, Volume 2Macmillan, 1893 |
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Page 3
... nature of his opinions may be guessed from the fact that his first publication , printed in the year of the Restoration , had been entitled " The Rebel's Plea Examined ; or , Mr. Baxter's Judgment concerning the Late War . " A ...
... nature of his opinions may be guessed from the fact that his first publication , printed in the year of the Restoration , had been entitled " The Rebel's Plea Examined ; or , Mr. Baxter's Judgment concerning the Late War . " A ...
Page 12
... Nature could no farther go ; To make a third she joined the former two . " Even before these lines were written the habit of comparing Milton with Homer and Virgil , and of wondering whether the highest greatness might not be claimed ...
... Nature could no farther go ; To make a third she joined the former two . " Even before these lines were written the habit of comparing Milton with Homer and Virgil , and of wondering whether the highest greatness might not be claimed ...
Page 27
... nature or extent of the theme ; nor are the opening lines , by themselves , sufficiently descriptive of what is to follow . According to them , the song is to be " Of Man's first disobedience , and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose ...
... nature or extent of the theme ; nor are the opening lines , by themselves , sufficiently descriptive of what is to follow . According to them , the song is to be " Of Man's first disobedience , and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose ...
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... nature , and wins pos- session of it for a season . The attention of the reader is particularly requested to the following remarks and diagrams . The diagrams are not mere illustrations of what Milton may have conceived in his scheme of ...
... nature , and wins pos- session of it for a season . The attention of the reader is particularly requested to the following remarks and diagrams . The diagrams are not mere illustrations of what Milton may have conceived in his scheme of ...
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... nature is inconceiv- able ; but , this explained , he is bold enough in his use of terrestrial analogies . Round the immediate throne of Deity , indeed , there is kept a blazing mist of vagueness , which words are hardly permitted to ...
... nature is inconceiv- able ; but , this explained , he is bold enough in his use of terrestrial analogies . Round the immediate throne of Deity , indeed , there is kept a blazing mist of vagueness , which words are hardly permitted to ...
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