Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from the Text of Tonson's Correct Edition of 1711. A New Edition, with Notes and the Life of the Author, in Three Volumes, by Thomas Newton, ...proprietors, 1795 |
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Page 87
... fire , and poetic warmth enough of his own . He was likewise very abstemious in his diet , not fastidiously nice or delicate in the choice of his dishes , but content with any thing that was most in season , or easiest to be pro- cured ...
... fire , and poetic warmth enough of his own . He was likewise very abstemious in his diet , not fastidiously nice or delicate in the choice of his dishes , but content with any thing that was most in season , or easiest to be pro- cured ...
Page 97
... fire of London his house in Bread - Street was burnt , before which accident foreigners have gone out of devotion ( says Wood ) to see the house and chamber where he was born . His gains were inconsiderable in propor- tion to his losses ...
... fire of London his house in Bread - Street was burnt , before which accident foreigners have gone out of devotion ( says Wood ) to see the house and chamber where he was born . His gains were inconsiderable in propor- tion to his losses ...
Page 126
... fire- The grassy clods now calv'á- Spangl'd with eyes In these and innumerable other instances , the metaphors are very bold but just ; I must however onscrve , that the metaphors are not thick sown in Milton , which always sa- vours ...
... fire- The grassy clods now calv'á- Spangl'd with eyes In these and innumerable other instances , the metaphors are very bold but just ; I must however onscrve , that the metaphors are not thick sown in Milton , which always sa- vours ...
Page 135
... fire the ima gination , and raise the ideas of the author . Tully tells us , mentioning his dialogue of old age , in which Cato is the chief speaker , that upon a review of it he was agreeably imposed upon , and fancied that it was Cato ...
... fire the ima gination , and raise the ideas of the author . Tully tells us , mentioning his dialogue of old age , in which Cato is the chief speaker , that upon a review of it he was agreeably imposed upon , and fancied that it was Cato ...
Page 141
... fire , Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms . Nine times the space that measures day and night 50 To mortal men , he with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd , rolling in the fiery gulf , Confounded though immortal : But his doom Reserv'd ...
... fire , Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms . Nine times the space that measures day and night 50 To mortal men , he with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd , rolling in the fiery gulf , Confounded though immortal : But his doom Reserv'd ...
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Page 139 - 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...
Page 272 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 146 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him haply slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-founder'd skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Page 256 - Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range, by thee Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Page 140 - 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...
Page 253 - 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 188 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and hydras, and chimeras dire.
Page 170 - The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumb not still, That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse.
Page 165 - Indian mount, or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Page 190 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either: black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.