Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes: and Poems Upon Several Occasions. The Author John Milton. A New Edition. With Notes of Various Authors, by Thomas Newton, ...W. Strahan, J. F. and C. Rivington, R. Horsfield, B. White, T. Longman [and 11 others in London], 1785 |
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... hope he will do the fame juftice to another of our greatest English poets , and gratify the public with a complete edition of Spen- fer's works , or at least with his equally learned equally elegant obfervations upon them . I would not ...
... hope he will do the fame juftice to another of our greatest English poets , and gratify the public with a complete edition of Spen- fer's works , or at least with his equally learned equally elegant obfervations upon them . I would not ...
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... hope for . Even in his Paradife Loft he expreffes his fears , left he had begun too late , and left an age too late , or cold cli- mate , or years fhould have damp'd his intended wing ; and furely he had much greater caufe to dread the ...
... hope for . Even in his Paradife Loft he expreffes his fears , left he had begun too late , and left an age too late , or cold cli- mate , or years fhould have damp'd his intended wing ; and furely he had much greater caufe to dread the ...
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... hope in him , purifieth him- Jelf even as he is pure . 83. A perfect dove dejcend , ] He had expreffed it before ver . 30. in likeness of a dove , agreeably to 75 And St. Matthew , the Spirit of God de- fcending like a dove , III . 16 ...
... hope in him , purifieth him- Jelf even as he is pure . 83. A perfect dove dejcend , ] He had expreffed it before ver . 30. in likeness of a dove , agreeably to 75 And St. Matthew , the Spirit of God de- fcending like a dove , III . 16 ...
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... hope of like success . Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view , And narrower scrutiny , that I might learn In what degree or meaning thou art call'd The Son of God , which bears no fingle fenfe ; & c . 94. Ye Jee our danger on ...
... hope of like success . Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view , And narrower scrutiny , that I might learn In what degree or meaning thou art call'd The Son of God , which bears no fingle fenfe ; & c . 94. Ye Jee our danger on ...
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... hope it won't be thought too light to obferve , that our author might probably in these lines have in view 195 200 To his favourite romances , where the mufing knights are often defcrib'd lofing themselves in forefts in this manner ...
... hope it won't be thought too light to obferve , that our author might probably in these lines have in view 195 200 To his favourite romances , where the mufing knights are often defcrib'd lofing themselves in forefts in this manner ...
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