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... books . The Papifts appeal to other teftimo- nies , and are therefore , in his opinion , not to be per- mitted the liberty of either publick or private wor- fhip ; for though they plead confcience , toe bave ship ; MILTON . 141.
... books . The Papifts appeal to other teftimo- nies , and are therefore , in his opinion , not to be per- mitted the liberty of either publick or private wor- fhip ; for though they plead confcience , toe bave ship ; MILTON . 141.
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Samuel Johnson. fhip ; for though they plead confcience , toe bave no warrant , he fays , to regard confcience , which is not grounded in Scripture . Those who are not convinced by his reasons , may be perhaps delighted with his wit ...
Samuel Johnson. fhip ; for though they plead confcience , toe bave no warrant , he fays , to regard confcience , which is not grounded in Scripture . Those who are not convinced by his reasons , may be perhaps delighted with his wit ...
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... plead the merits of his Redeemer , is already in a higher ftate than poetry can confer . The effence of poetry is invention ; fuch invention as , by producing fomething unexpected , surprises and delights . The topicks of devotion are ...
... plead the merits of his Redeemer , is already in a higher ftate than poetry can confer . The effence of poetry is invention ; fuch invention as , by producing fomething unexpected , surprises and delights . The topicks of devotion are ...
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... and illuf- trations from the old Mythology , for which it is vain to plead the example of ancient poets : the deities , which they introduced fo frequently , were confidered as realities , fo far as to be received by 5 as 278 WALL E R.
... and illuf- trations from the old Mythology , for which it is vain to plead the example of ancient poets : the deities , which they introduced fo frequently , were confidered as realities , fo far as to be received by 5 as 278 WALL E R.
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... pleaded guilty to all thoughts or " expreffions of mine that can be truly accused of " obfcenity , immorality , or profaneness , and retract " them . If he be my enemy , let him triumph ; " if he be my friend , he will be glad of my re ...
... pleaded guilty to all thoughts or " expreffions of mine that can be truly accused of " obfcenity , immorality , or profaneness , and retract " them . If he be my enemy , let him triumph ; " if he be my friend , he will be glad of my re ...
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Página 96 - This is the period of his life from which all his biographers seem inclined to shrink. They are unwilling that Milton should be degraded to a school-master; but, since it cannot be denied that he taught boys, one finds out that he taught for nothing, and another that his motive was only zeal for the propagation of learning and virtue; and all tell what they do not know to be true, only to excuse an act which no wise man will consider as in itself disgraceful. His father was alive ; his allowance...
Página 181 - But, whatever be the advantage of rhyme, I cannot prevail on myself to wish that Milton had been a rhymer ; for I cannot wish his work to be other than it is ; yet like other heroes, he is to be admired rather than imitated. He that thinks himself capable of astonishing may write blank verse ; but those that hope only to please must condescend to rhyme.
Página 393 - Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaces were ever thought tedious. They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other.
Página 432 - Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope of new pleasure are perused again ; and whose conclusion is perceived with an eye of sorrow, such as the traveller casts upon departing day.
Página 160 - ... must supply him with illustrations and images. To put these materials to poetical use is required an imagination capable of painting nature and realizing fiction. Nor is he yet a poet till he has attained the whole extension of his language, distinguished all the delicacies of phrase, and all the colours of words, and learned to adjust their different sounds to all the varieties of metrical modulation.
Página 175 - The confusion of spirit and matter, which pervades the whole narration of the war of Heaven, fills it with incongruity; and the book in which it is related is, I believe, the favourite of children, and gradually neglected as knowledge is increased.
Página 154 - We know that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batten; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never sought because it cannot be known when it is found.
Página 21 - It is with great propriety that subtlety, which in its original import means exility of particles, is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction.
Página 22 - ... magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined. Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly...
Página 100 - is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.