Poetical Works, Volume 2Macmillan, 1893 |
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Page 13
... Spirits . From specimens which have been given , it appears that the play , though absurd enough on the whole to justify the way in which Voltaire speaks of it , is not destitute of vivacity and other merits , and that , if Milton did ...
... Spirits . From specimens which have been given , it appears that the play , though absurd enough on the whole to justify the way in which Voltaire speaks of it , is not destitute of vivacity and other merits , and that , if Milton did ...
Page 14
... spirit . The result has been that some thirty authors have been cited , as entitled , along with Andreini or apart from him , to the credit of having probably or possibly contributed something to the conception , the plan , or the ...
... spirit . The result has been that some thirty authors have been cited , as entitled , along with Andreini or apart from him , to the credit of having probably or possibly contributed something to the conception , the plan , or the ...
Page 19
... Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge , and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases . To this must be added industrious and select reading , steady ...
... Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge , and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases . To this must be added industrious and select reading , steady ...
Page 48
... Spirits ? how , without remorse , The ruin of so many , glorious once And perfect while they stood ? how last unfold The secrets of another world , perhaps Not lawful to reveal ? Yet for thy good This is dispensed ; and what surmounts ...
... Spirits ? how , without remorse , The ruin of so many , glorious once And perfect while they stood ? how last unfold The secrets of another world , perhaps Not lawful to reveal ? Yet for thy good This is dispensed ; and what surmounts ...
Page 49
... Spirit of Evil ? Vastness of scene and power of story together , little wonder that the poem should have so impressed the world . Little wonder that it should now be Milton's Satan , and Milton's narrative of the Creation in its various ...
... Spirit of Evil ? Vastness of scene and power of story together , little wonder that the poem should have so impressed the world . Little wonder that it should now be Milton's Satan , and Milton's narrative of the Creation in its various ...
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