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... lights and with softer colours those circumstances which had excited the indig- nation of the critic , seems to have been the chief purpose for which Mr. Hayley's Life was written . I cannot say much that is favourable to its execu ...
... lights and with softer colours those circumstances which had excited the indig- nation of the critic , seems to have been the chief purpose for which Mr. Hayley's Life was written . I cannot say much that is favourable to its execu ...
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... light on some particulars of Milton's history that were previously obscure : the second edition of his work is also enriched with valuable docu- ments lately brought to light . His narrative is for the most part copied from that of Dr ...
... light on some particulars of Milton's history that were previously obscure : the second edition of his work is also enriched with valuable docu- ments lately brought to light . His narrative is for the most part copied from that of Dr ...
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... light , and printed it in his edition of the Minor Poems ; this was a valuable and authentic addition to our previous information . 13 See Newton's Life , p . lxii . no more ; and that Salmasius may be permitted to xviii ADVERTISEMENT ...
... light , and printed it in his edition of the Minor Poems ; this was a valuable and authentic addition to our previous information . 13 See Newton's Life , p . lxii . no more ; and that Salmasius may be permitted to xviii ADVERTISEMENT ...
Page viii
... light on the subject of his discussion with the college , and his renewed union . ( v . p . 115 ) . He disliked some parts of their studies , probably their logical and metaphysical Theses , and expressed his opi- nion too freely , or ...
... light on the subject of his discussion with the college , and his renewed union . ( v . p . 115 ) . He disliked some parts of their studies , probably their logical and metaphysical Theses , and expressed his opi- nion too freely , or ...
Page xvii
... , he mentions the plea- sures of London ; Cum ex eâ urbe , quæ caput urbium est , huc nuper me reciperem , Academici , deliciarum omnium , VOL . I. · C walks were enlivened by forms that made no light impression LIFE OF MILTON . xvii.
... , he mentions the plea- sures of London ; Cum ex eâ urbe , quæ caput urbium est , huc nuper me reciperem , Academici , deliciarum omnium , VOL . I. · C walks were enlivened by forms that made no light impression LIFE OF MILTON . xvii.
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Page 82 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 139 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet But wherefore all night long shine these?
Page 2 - 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 Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos...
Page 83 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 116 - So farewell hope ; and with hope, farewell fear ; Farewell remorse : all good to me is lost ; Evil be thou my good : by thee, at least, Divided empire with heaven's King I hold : By thee, and more than half, perhaps, will reign, As man, ere long, and this new world, shall know.
Page 26 - Phlegra with the heroic race were join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium, on each side Mix'd with auxiliar gods ; and what resounds In fable or romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and Armoric knights...
Page 43 - To be no more : sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity., To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Page 132 - What thou seest, What there thou seest, fair Creature, is thyself; With thee it came and goes : but follow me, And I will bring thee where no shadow stays Thy coming, and thy soft embraces, he Whose image thou art: him thou shalt enjoy Inseparably thine, to him shalt bear Multitudes like thyself, and thence be call'd Mother of human race.
Page 94 - No sooner had the Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of angels with a shout," •** Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy ; heaven rung With jubilee, and loud hosannas fill'd The eternal regions.
Page 138 - Fair consort, the hour Of night, and all things now retired to rest, Mind us of like repose ; since God hath set Labour and rest, as day and night, to men Successive; and the timely dew of sleep, Now falling with soft slumbrous weight, inclines Our eyelids...