The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Volume 5J. Johnson, 1809 |
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Page i
... given it abfolutely no place at all among the Works of its Author . " If I might ven- ture to place Milton's Works according to their degrees of poetick excellence , " fays Dr. Jofeph Warton , " it fhould be perhaps in the following ...
... given it abfolutely no place at all among the Works of its Author . " If I might ven- ture to place Milton's Works according to their degrees of poetick excellence , " fays Dr. Jofeph Warton , " it fhould be perhaps in the following ...
Page iii
... given an extent and variety to his fubject . It might perhaps be wished , that all which he has put into the mouth of the Virgin , refpecting the early life of her Son , had been confined folely to this place , instead of a part being ...
... given an extent and variety to his fubject . It might perhaps be wished , that all which he has put into the mouth of the Virgin , refpecting the early life of her Son , had been confined folely to this place , instead of a part being ...
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... clear explanation given of the true ground on which glory and honour are due to the great Creator of all things , and required by him , —are both 66 admirable . The reft of the Dialogue is well fupported PARADISE REGAINED . vii.
... clear explanation given of the true ground on which glory and honour are due to the great Creator of all things , and required by him , —are both 66 admirable . The reft of the Dialogue is well fupported PARADISE REGAINED . vii.
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... given , that we are enabled to ascertain the exact part of Mount Taurus , which the poet had in his mind . The geographical fcene , from ver . 268 to 292 , is delineated with a precision that brings each place immediately before our ...
... given , that we are enabled to ascertain the exact part of Mount Taurus , which the poet had in his mind . The geographical fcene , from ver . 268 to 292 , is delineated with a precision that brings each place immediately before our ...
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... given of the fplendour and magnificence of Rome , to arraign the fuperlatively extravagant luxury of the Romans , ( poffibly not without a glance at the manners of our Court at that time , ) and briefly to fum up thofe vices and ...
... given of the fplendour and magnificence of Rome , to arraign the fuperlatively extravagant luxury of the Romans , ( poffibly not without a glance at the manners of our Court at that time , ) and briefly to fum up thofe vices and ...
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Page 157 - They err, who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide, to overrun Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault : what do these worthies, But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations, neighbouring or remote, Made captive, yet deserving freedom more Than those their conquerors...
Page 446 - But patience is more oft the exercise Of saints, the trial of their fortitude, Making them each his own deliverer, And victor over all That tyranny or fortune can inflict.
Page 467 - Farewell! a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 481 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame, nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 351 - Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Page 155 - Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other ; And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues, and be their talk, Of whom to be dispraised were no small praise ? His lot who dares be singularly good.
Page 8 - ... devout prayer to that eternal 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...
Page 431 - Look now for no enchanting voice, nor fear The bait of honied words; a rougher tongue Draws hitherward, I know him by his stride, The giant Harapha of Gath, his look Haughty as is his pile high-built and proud.
Page 318 - The circumscription of time wherein the whole drama begins and ends, is according to ancient rule, and best example, within the space of twenty-four hours.
Page 369 - But what more oft in nations grown corrupt, And by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty; And to despise, or envy, or suspect Whom GOD hath of His special favour raised As their deliverer?