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 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 235
... feel strongly and hit hard . Later , in the period of his con- troversial prose , we get more of it , until we have had quite enough of this natural man . In the Paradise Lost we will get some " strong " passages again , but they are ...
... feel strongly and hit hard . Later , in the period of his con- troversial prose , we get more of it , until we have had quite enough of this natural man . In the Paradise Lost we will get some " strong " passages again , but they are ...
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 ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison Six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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