A Milton HandbookF. S. Crofts & Company, 1926 - 304 pages |
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Page 76
... classical oration . The title is that of a written speech of Isocrates addressed , in a private capacity , to the Athenian Court of the Areopagus . It conforms to all the prin- ciples of oratory laid down by Quintilian and embodied in ...
... classical oration . The title is that of a written speech of Isocrates addressed , in a private capacity , to the Athenian Court of the Areopagus . It conforms to all the prin- ciples of oratory laid down by Quintilian and embodied in ...
Page 112
... classical modes of conception for his Christian theme . Christ is for him not the suffering Saviour but the mighty Pan come to dwell kindly among men . The sweetness of the manger scene , so beautifully imaged in Crashaw's nativity ode ...
... classical modes of conception for his Christian theme . Christ is for him not the suffering Saviour but the mighty Pan come to dwell kindly among men . The sweetness of the manger scene , so beautifully imaged in Crashaw's nativity ode ...
Page 113
... classical lyric style of the followers of Jonson . The poem is , however , full of preludings of the great Miltonic tone , as in the line " The wakeful trump of doom must thunder through the deep . " His later fondness for the resonance ...
... classical lyric style of the followers of Jonson . The poem is , however , full of preludings of the great Miltonic tone , as in the line " The wakeful trump of doom must thunder through the deep . " His later fondness for the resonance ...
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... classical predilections lead him to make it conform , wherever possible , to classical precedent . Clear traces of ancient dramatic practice are to be found in the Eu- ripidean prologue , in the somewhat riddling dialogue in which each ...
... classical predilections lead him to make it conform , wherever possible , to classical precedent . Clear traces of ancient dramatic practice are to be found in the Eu- ripidean prologue , in the somewhat riddling dialogue in which each ...
Page 131
... classical self - discipline . " LYCIDAS . " The exact date of the composition of Ly- cidas is fixed by the canceled superscription in the Cam- bridge manuscript , " November , 1637. " Edward King , the alumnus of Christ's College in ...
... classical self - discipline . " LYCIDAS . " The exact date of the composition of Ly- cidas is fixed by the canceled superscription in the Cam- bridge manuscript , " November , 1637. " Edward King , the alumnus of Christ's College in ...
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Page 40 - O thou that with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere; Till pride and worse ambition threw me down 40 Warring in heaven against heaven's matchless king: Ah wherefore!
Page 238 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 147 - More safe I sing with mortal voice, unchanged To hoarse or mute, though fallen on evil days, On evil days though fallen, and evil tongues, In darkness, and with dangers compassed round, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when Morn Purples the East.
Page 277 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Page 281 - Nation, the Scripture also affords us a divine pastoral Drama in the Song of Solomon consisting of two persons and a double Chorus, as Origen rightly judges. And the Apocalypse of St. John is the majestic image of a high and stately Tragedy, shutting up and intermingling her solemn Scenes and Acts with a sevenfold Chorus of hallelujahs and harping symphonies : and this my opinion the grave authority of Pareus commenting that book is sufficient to confirm.
Page 242 - Indian mount, or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees...
Page 39 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 240 - Warred on by cranes : though all the giant brood Of Phlegra with the heroic race were joined That fought at Thebes and Ilium, on each side Mixed with auxiliar gods ; and what resounds In fable or romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and Armoric knights...
Page 259 - The secrets of th' Abyss to spy. He pass'd the flaming bounds of Place and Time: The living Throne, the...
Page 69 - Colasterion ; a Reply to A nameless Answer against the Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce...