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... Poets , published in 1856. The present Volume and two similar Volumes issued se- parately ( under the titles " Wordsworth , Shelley , Keats , and other Essays " and " Chatterton : A Story of the Year 1770 ” ) may be taken together as ...
... Poets , published in 1856. The present Volume and two similar Volumes issued se- parately ( under the titles " Wordsworth , Shelley , Keats , and other Essays " and " Chatterton : A Story of the Year 1770 ” ) may be taken together as ...
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... poem is that in it we see the grand imagination of the poet blazing in the very track of the propositions of the theologian . And , though there can be no doubt that Goethe's Mephistopheles is conceived less in the spirit of Scrip- ture ...
... poem is that in it we see the grand imagination of the poet blazing in the very track of the propositions of the theologian . And , though there can be no doubt that Goethe's Mephistopheles is conceived less in the spirit of Scrip- ture ...
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... poem , and employed his grand imagination in realizing the Scrip- ture narrative : we have reason also to know that he did actually believe in the Devil's existence ; and it agrees with what we know of Milton's character to suppose that ...
... poem , and employed his grand imagination in realizing the Scrip- ture narrative : we have reason also to know that he did actually believe in the Devil's existence ; and it agrees with what we know of Milton's character to suppose that ...
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... poem we see him recollecting his original conception of Satan as an object : - " Thus Satan , talking to his nearest mate , With head uplift above the waves , and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides , Prone on the flood ...
... poem we see him recollecting his original conception of Satan as an object : - " Thus Satan , talking to his nearest mate , With head uplift above the waves , and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides , Prone on the flood ...
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... poem a consistent con- ception of the Angels . He is likewise consistent in his description of them as physical agents . Lofty stature and appearance carry with them a promise of so much physical power ; and hence , in Milton's case ...
... poem a consistent con- ception of the Angels . He is likewise consistent in his description of them as physical agents . Lofty stature and appearance carry with them a promise of so much physical power ; and hence , in Milton's case ...
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Página 212 - And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide...
Página 11 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Página 25 - As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our...
Página 111 - They that have power to hurt and will do none, That do not do the thing they most do show, Who, moving others, are themselves as stone...
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Página 89 - No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it: as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...
Página 88 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Página 86 - No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell : Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it ; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.