Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Octagon Books, 1966 - 376 pages |
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Page 112
... feel their own happiness , and " know to know no more . " " They toiled not , neither did they spin ; yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these . " All things seem to acquire fresh sweetness , and to be clothed with ...
... feel their own happiness , and " know to know no more . " " They toiled not , neither did they spin ; yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these . " All things seem to acquire fresh sweetness , and to be clothed with ...
Page 271
... feel the full obscenity of Satan's presence in Eden by bringing a sudden stink of fish across the sweet smell of the flowers , and alluding to one of the most unpleasant He- brew stories . But the pretence of logical connection ( that ...
... feel the full obscenity of Satan's presence in Eden by bringing a sudden stink of fish across the sweet smell of the flowers , and alluding to one of the most unpleasant He- brew stories . But the pretence of logical connection ( that ...
Page 272
... feel the pause in a piece of music , where the silence is part of the music , and not as we feel the pause between one item of a concert and the next . Even between one Book and the next we must not wholly wake from the enchantment nor ...
... feel the pause in a piece of music , where the silence is part of the music , and not as we feel the pause between one item of a concert and the next . Even between one Book and the next we must not wholly wake from the enchantment nor ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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