Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Rinehart, 1950 - 376 pages This book is an invitation to the reading of Milton. The major portion of the volumes consists of sixteen extended essays and studies from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries." -- Preface. |
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Page 83
... described as real and sensible , and the bridge ought to be only figurative . The hell assigned to the re- bellious spirits is described as not less local than the residence of man . It is placed in some distant part of space ...
... described as real and sensible , and the bridge ought to be only figurative . The hell assigned to the re- bellious spirits is described as not less local than the residence of man . It is placed in some distant part of space ...
Page 130
... described how- The Eternal Eye , whose sight discerns Abstrusest thoughts , from forth his holy mount , And from within the golden lamps that burn Nightly before him , saw without their light Rebellion rising - saw in whom , how spread ...
... described how- The Eternal Eye , whose sight discerns Abstrusest thoughts , from forth his holy mount , And from within the golden lamps that burn Nightly before him , saw without their light Rebellion rising - saw in whom , how spread ...
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... described as " the loftiest and gravest among the kinds of court poetry in the oral period , " with the most obvious characteristic of its oral technique being “ its continual use of stock words , phrases , or even whole lines . " To ...
... described as " the loftiest and gravest among the kinds of court poetry in the oral period , " with the most obvious characteristic of its oral technique being “ its continual use of stock words , phrases , or even whole lines . " To ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison Six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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