The first four books of Milton's Paradise lost; with notes, by C.W. Connon

Than Heaven permits, nor mine, though doubled now
To trample thee as mire; for proof look up,
And read thy lot in yon celestial sign,

1010

Where thou art weighed, and shown how light, how weak,
If thou resist." The Fiend looked up, and knew
His mounted scale aloft: nor more; but fled

Murmuring, and with him fled the shades of night. 1015

1010. For proof look up, and read thy lot in yon celestial sign.] "The English words yon and yonder are more emphatic, because more demonstrative, than the pronoun that and the adverb there. The two last do not necessarily imply that the object is in sight, which is implied in the two first. Accordingly, in these lines the expression is more vivid than if it had been 'that celestial sign.'"-CAMPBELL'S Philosophy of Rhetoric.

1012. Where thou art weighed.] "Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting."-Dan. v. 27. So true is it that Milton oftener imitates

Scripture than [he does] Homer and Virgil, even when he is thought to imitate them most.-NEWTON.

1013. The Fiend looked up.] Observe the quietness with which Milton concludes after the contest is brought to a close. The issue being settled, all further interest vanishes, and he hurries the vanquished combatant out of sight. With him darkness disappears. He is the Prince of darkness, and it envelops him wherever he is, but no sooner did he fly than

"The earth, delivered from so foul annoy, Recalled her beauty and resumed her joy." FAIRFAX'S Tasso.

INDEX.

Abashed, meaning of the word, 1. 331.
Abborréd Styx, 11. 577.

Abide, meaning of the word, II. 385.
Accumulation, figure of, 111. 40.
Acheron, derivation of the name, II. 577.
Acies (Latin), meaning of term, 1., 276.
Active and passive courage, 11. 204.
"Adamantine chains," 1. 48.

Addison quoted or referred to, I. 527. 793.;
II. 105. 146. 846; IV. 639., &c.
Adjective and adverb, use of the, III. 21.
Admiral, derivation of the term, 1. 294.
Adoration, derivation of the word, III. 351.
Ethiopian Sea, II. 641.

Ætna, 1. 212.

Affect, in a Latin sense of the word, III. 206.
Afflicted, meaning of the word, 1. 186.
Affront, meaning of the word, 1. 391.
"Aid the winds," the phrase explained,
1. 235.

Alchemy, Milton's use of the word, 11. 517.
Alcides or Hercules, history of, 11. 542.
Allegory of Sin and Death, II. 648.
Alleluia, meaning of the word, 11. 245.
Alley, meaning of the word, iv. 626.
Alliteration, instance of, 11. 614. 995.
Amain, the word explained, 11. 165.
Amarant, immortal, 111. 352.

Amazement, remarks on the word, II. 758.
"Amber stream," 111. 359.

Ambition, meaning of the word, 1. 262.
Ambrosia, what it is, 1. 135.

Ambush, etymology of the word, III. 344.
"Amerced," 1. 609.

Amplification, figure of, III. 40.
Anon, derivation of the word, 1. 325.
Antithesis, the figure of, III. 102.
Aposiopesis, instance of the figure, 1.
344.

Apostate, meaning of the word, 1. 125.
Apostrophe, figure of speech, 11. 29.
Apparent, double meaning of the word,
Iv. 608.

Arabian Nights referred to, 1. 207.
Arbitress, meaning of the term, 1. 784.
Argo, the ship, 11. 1017.

Argue, classical meaning of the word,

IV. 934.

Arms, fact of, II. 124.

Arnold on Milton's character of Satan, 11.
482.

Ascent and descent, II. 70
Ashtaroth, history of, 1. 438.

"Astounded and amazed,' explained, 1.

281.

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Babylon, the oldest city in the world, t. 717.
Bailey (Samuel), referred to, IV. 800.
Barca, site of, in Africa, II. 904.
"Beatitude past utterance," III. 62.
Beattie (Dr.), quoted, 11. 1013.
Beelzebub, rank of, 1. 271.
Belial, a man of, what, 1. 490.
Bethune's life of Galileo quoted, I. 291.
Blair (Dr.), quoted, 11. 301. 758. 879., &c.
Blair's Grave quoted, 1. 125.

Bellona, the Goddess of War, II. 922.
"Bellow," beauty of the word, I. 177.
Bengala or Bengal, 11. 638.
Blackstone quoted, II. 185.
Bonald (Mons. de), II. 555.

Bosporus, where, and whence its name, 11.
1017.

Brande's Dictionary quoted, 1. 251. 446.
462.; II. 1. 31. 405. 708. 874. 943., et pas-
sim.

Brittany, reference to the language of, 1.

579.

Brown (Dr. T.), quoted, 1. 246.; Iv.635., &c.
Bryant, the American poet, quoted, III. 73.
Butler (Bishop), quoted, 1. 117. 605.; III.
195. 198., &c.

Buxom, meaning of the term, II. 842.
Byron quoted, IV. 605.

Cadmon's paraphrase of Scripture, 1. 16.
Caesar's saying about ambition, I. 263.
Calamity, etymology of the word, 1. 189.
Campbeli (the poet) quoted, 1. 376. 531.
563.; 11. 18. 1047.

Campbell (Dr. G.), I. 159.; Iv. 1010.;
quoted, n. 18.

Carlyle quoted, 11. 37., &c.

Caspian Sea noted for storms, 11. 715.

Ceremonies in religion condemned, III. 473.
Champion, etymology of the word, III. 424.
Channing quoted, 11. 227. 577.; 111. 29.
Chaos, what it is, I. 10.

Charlemain, when he died, 1. 586.

"Cited dead, the," III. 327.

Clarke (Adam), quoted, III. 124.
Clarke (Dr. S.), quoted. III. 219.

"Clashed," beautiful use of the word, 1.
663.

Cleombrotus, history of, III. 471.
Climax, instance of, 1. 75.

"Close ambition," meaning of, II. 485.
Cocytus, the infernal river, I. 239.
Coleridge, a remark of, on Milton, 1. 17.;
IV. 728.

Comets, ancient superstition about, II. 708.
Connection between freedom and virtue,
I. 435.

Conscience, Butler on the faculty of, Trench
on the word, III. 195.

Conscious, meaning of the word, II. 801.
"Construction louche " (Fr.), instance of,
IV. 794., &c.

Contrast, meaning of the word, II. 176.
Converse, meaning of the word, II. 184. ;
IV. 639.

Conybeare on the originality of Milton,
I. 16.

Cornelius Nepos quoted, II. 884., IV. 794.
Correspondence between the mind and the
features, 11. 302.

Courage, active and passive, II. 204.
Cowper quoted, III. 352.; IV. 641.
Crest, use of, in battle, Iv. 988.

Crombie (Dr.), quoted, 1. 139.; 11. 503.; III.
21., &c.

Cudworth, referred to, I. 246.

Custom, effects of, II. 758.

Empedocles, history of, nr. 471.
Enough, use of the word, II. 503.
Epitaph on Sidney's sister, III. 259.
Erebus, description of, 11. 883.

Erst, derivation and meaning of, 1. 360.
Eternal, distinguished from Perpetual,
I. 131.

Euphemism, instance of, 1. 93.

Evening Star, Byron's address to, IV, 05.
Ex-Capuchin, Memoirs of, quoted. ii. 452.
Excel, in the sense of surpass, II. 884.
Execrable, etymology of the word, 11. 681.
Exercise, in the sense of punish, 11. 89.
Exile, derivation of the term, 1. 632.
Expressiveness of Milton's numbers, IL
577.

Fate, meaning of the word, n. 104.

Fealty, etymology of the word, 111. 203.

Fetters, what, 1. 426.

First, as an adverb, distinguished from first
as an adjective, 1. 8.

Flames, without light, 1. 62.

"Flown with insolence," 1. 501.

Force, cannot subdue a man, 1. 648.

Forsake, derivation of, 1. 433.

"Founded the massy one," 1. 703.

Foudered and night-foundered, 1. 204.

Fragrance, etymology of the word, 111. 135.

Freedom, founded on virtue, 1. 435.; of the
will, m. 96., &c. &c.

"Frequent and full," explained, 1. 797.
Furies, description of the, 11. 671.

Galileo, interview between, and Milton, 1.

216.

Gender of nouns how sometimes deter-
mined, I. 176.

Genial, meaning of the word, iv. 712.

Gibbon, referred to, 1. 351.; quoted, 111. 351.
IV. 728.

Gibraltar, derivation of the word, I. 355.
Globe, meaning of the word, II. 512.
Gorgons, and Hydras, &c., 11. 628.
Gorgeous, meaning of the word, 11. 3.
Grammatical blemishes, I. 40. 84. 87., &c.
Gryphous, description of, 11. 943.

Gray (the poet) quoted, ii. 90. 146., &c.

Hackneyed words avoided by the poet, I

351.

"Hail, holy light!" III. 1.

Herodotus, referred to, 1. 698.; III. 351.
Hesperus, the Evening Star, iv. 605.
Hobbes, heresy of, 1. 246.

Holy Spirit, Milton's invocation, 1. 17.
Home's Elements of Criticism quoted, 1. 44.
338.

Homer quoted, 1. 559. 742.; II. 351. 450.; IV.
990., et passim.

Hooker quoted, III. 452.; IV. 612. 750.
Horace referred to, or quoted, 11. 174. 460.
530. 568, 581. 589. 650. 715. 1043.; 111. 246.
Horeb and Sinai, where situated, 1. 7.
"Horrent arms," 11. 513.

Hosanna, meaning and use of the word,
III. 348.

Hughes's Scripture Geography quoted, 1.
404.467.

"Human face divine," 11. 44.
Humboldt quoted, 11. 309.

Hume (David) referred to, I. 176. 351.
Hunt (Leigh), on Milton's wit, 1. 606.
Husband and wife, mutual duties of, IV. 635.
Hyacinth, description of, by Riley, iv. 701.
Hydra, description of, 11. 628.
Hymenean or hymeneal, iv. 712.

"Ignoble ease," 11. 227.

Iliad, the, quoted, 1. 559. 742.; 11. 112.
Images and relics, veneration of, condemned
IV. 473.

Immateriality of the soul, 1. 117.

Immutable nature of the moral law, 1. 246.
Impotence, meaning of the word, 11. 156.
Ind, II. 2.

Indulgence, Romish use of the word, 111.
492.

Inscription over the gates of hell, 1. 66.
Insolence, meaning of the word, i. 501.
"Intend at home," II. 457.

Inversion, good of, in language, 1. 1. 44.
663.; II. 18.

Ionian Gods, the, 1. 508.

Ithuriel, meaning of the word, iv. 782.

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Mercy, first and last, III, 134.

Metaphor distinguished from simile, 1. 301.
Metaphysics, study of, vindicated, II. 555.
Minerva, birth of, 11. 757,

Milton, a great borrower, 1. 16.; imitated
Homer and Virgil, 1. 14.

Milton's invocation to the Holy Spirit, 1.
17.; "Reason of Church Government
quoted, 1. 117.; contempt of priestcraft,
1. 286.; prose works quoted, I. 435. 111.
51.; power over language, 11. 577.; blind-
ness described by himself, ul. 25.; love of
music, III. 365.; not "harsh and crabbed,"
III. 495.; notions of women, antiquated, IV.
655.

Moloch, history of, 1. 392.

Monkery condemned, III. 473.
Montgomery (James), quoted, 1. 589.742.
Morality not dependent on the will of God,
I. 246.

Mortal, two meanings of the word, 1. 2.
Motions, double meaning of the word, II
191.

Mulciber, or Vulcan, I. 739.

Murray (Lindley), referred to, 1. 139.
"Mutual love," description of, Iv. 728.

"Painful superstition," III. 452.
Paley, Iv. 756.

Pandemonium, derivation of the word, I.
756.

Paradise Lost, the subject of the poem, 1.
1. 376.

Paramount, meaning of the word, 11. 508.
Paraphrase, beautiful instances of, 1. 50.742.
Pardons, Romish use of the word, III. 492.
Parody, definition and instance of, iv. 641.
Participle, past, used instead of the parti-
cipial, Iv. 987.

"Patron and intercessor," III. 219.
"Peaceful sloth," 11. 227.
Pelorus, 1. 232.

"Penal fire," 1. 48.

Penance, use of the word, by Milton, II. 90.
"Pendant World," 11. 1052.

Pernicious, meaning of the word, 1. 282.
"Perpetual," distinguished from "eternal,"

1. 131.

Persius quoted, iv. 846.

Phantasm, etymology of the word, II. 743.
Phidias, the sculptor, referred to, 111. 40.
Phlegethon, derivation of the name, 11. 577.
Phlegra, "brood of," 1. 577.
Physiognomy, science of, 11. 302.
"Pillar of state," II. 301.

Pleonasm, how to be used, 1. 2.; different
kinds of, II. 405.

"Plight," meaning of the word, 1. 355.
Plutarch quoted, 1. 263.

Poetry, often dependent on rhythm, 1. 742.;

definition of, III. 37.

Pomp in religion, use of, III. 473.
Pope quoted, 11. 758.; m. 149., &c.
Pope's Homer's Iliad quoted, 1. 559.
Portcullis, description of, II. 874.
"Prevent," double meaning of, III. 231.
"Proper," meaning of the word, 11. 70.
Prosopopoeia, figure of, 111. 66.

Ptolemaic system of astronomy. III. 481.
Puny, etymology and use of the word, 11.
Pygmies, the, described, 1. 780.

367.

"Pyramid of fire," meaning of the simile,
II. 1013.

Rapt distinguished from wrapt, ш. 522.
Recorder musical instrument, 1. 550.
"Red right hand," 11. 174.
Reck and reckless, II. 49.

Remorse, described by Bishop Butler, 1.
605.

Resound, in an active sense, I. 149.
Revels, master of the, 1. 781.

Revenge, common and uncommon, 11. 370.
Review, Quarterly, quoted, n. 44.
"Rhene and Danaw," better than Rhine
and Danube, 1. 351.

Rich man and Lazarus, parable of, II. 482.

Richardson quoted, 1. 109. 331.; II. 333. 642.;
IV. 614. 776. et passim.

Riley's Ovid quoted, Iv. 701.

Rise and raise connected, III. 296.
Rivals, etymology of the word, II. 471.
Rivers in the Infernal regions, II. 577.
Robertson, referred to, 1. 357.

Ruin, etymology of the word, 1. 46.

"Sacred and devote," III. 208.

"Sacred song," Milton's love of, III. 29.
Satan, meaning of the name, 1. 82.; mental
energy of, 1. 242.
Scorpions, whip of, II. 701.
Scott (Sir Walter), Iv. 988.

Scowl, as a transitive verb, 11. 491.
"Secret top of Oreb," 1. 6.
Secretary of Oliver Cromwell, I. 675.
Secure, use of the word, IV. 791.

Sentence, meaning of the word, 11. 51.
"Serried shields," the phrase explained, 1.

548.

Shakspeare quoted, 1. 263. 490. 781. 797.;
II. 51. 391. 409. 518.; 111. 495.; IV. 728.
Shaw's Outlines quoted, III. 365., &c.
Shelley quoted, 11. 789.

Shield and spear, whealing, IV. 785.
Sin and Death, allegory of, 11. 648.
Sinai and Horeb, where situated, 1. 7.
Slavery, what it is,

Sleep, dew of, iv. 614.; Henry IV.'s soli-
loquy on, Iv. 728.

Smith (Adam), referred to, or quoted, 1.
605.; II. 204.

Solomon referred to, I. 157.

Spanish siesta, 11. 309.

Spenser quoted, 1. 227. 684.; II. 5. 538. 581.
648. 842. 964.; III. 51. 201. 294. 410. 416.;
IV. 763.987.

"Squat like a toad," IV. 794.

Stebbing quoted, 1. 363.

Steed, meaning and derivation of, m. 522.
Stewart (Dugald), quoted, 1. 242. 351. 552.
663.; II. 70. 146. 302.; IV. 846.
Stoics, boasts of, 1. 251. ; 11. 252.
Style, derivation of the word, II. 312.
Styx, the river, 1. 339.; derivation of the
name, 11. 577.

Success, meaning of the term, 11. 6.
"Summer's noontide air," 11. 309.

Sultan, meaning of the word, 1. 348.
Superstition and zeal described, 111. 452.
Symphony, meaning of the term, I. 711.
Symplegades, islands in the Black Sea, 11.
1017.

Synod, meaning of the word, 11. 391.

Tantalus, II. 614.

"Tartarean sulphur," 11. 69.

Tasso quoted, 1. 105. 292. 522.; 11. 41.; IV.
598. 957. 1013.

Tattler quoted, iv. 639.

Taurus, the constellation, 1. 769.
Taylor (Jeremy). II. 231.
Taylor (Isaac), quoted. 1. 262.
Tennyson quoted, I. 177.

Tense, confusion of, 1. 40.; 11. 201.; the
present used for the future, iv. 965.

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