Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Octagon Books, 1966 - 376 pages |
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... lights on the barren plains Of Sericana , where Chineses drive With sails and wind their cany waggons light . If Milton had taken a journey for the express purpose , he could not have described this scenery and mode of life better ...
... lights on the barren plains Of Sericana , where Chineses drive With sails and wind their cany waggons light . If Milton had taken a journey for the express purpose , he could not have described this scenery and mode of life better ...
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... light of Heaven ; but twilight and the nightingale , the moon and the stars , are neither of Heaven above them nor of Hell under the earth ; and are indissolubly associated with the mingled emotions of our common human- ity : 9 Now came ...
... light of Heaven ; but twilight and the nightingale , the moon and the stars , are neither of Heaven above them nor of Hell under the earth ; and are indissolubly associated with the mingled emotions of our common human- ity : 9 Now came ...
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... light , offspring of Heaven first - borne , Or of th ' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? Since God is light , And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from Eternitie , dwelt then in thee , Bright effluence of bright ...
... light , offspring of Heaven first - borne , Or of th ' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? Since God is light , And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from Eternitie , dwelt then in thee , Bright effluence of bright ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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