Selections from Paradise Lost: Including Books I. and II. Entire, and Portions of Books III. IV., VI., VII., and X.D. C. Heath & Company, 1897 - 270 páginas |
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... training , the figure is less intelligible to the general reader than either of the others previously mentioned . his great learning , is prone to its use . Milton , because of For example , in P. L. I. 15 , wishing THE STUDY OF POETRY .
... training , the figure is less intelligible to the general reader than either of the others previously mentioned . his great learning , is prone to its use . Milton , because of For example , in P. L. I. 15 , wishing THE STUDY OF POETRY .
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... less importance . By successive poets imaginative details were added to this meagre account . The cavernous opening in the earth's surface through which lay one approach to Hades was said to be guarded by monstrous forms , notably by a ...
... less importance . By successive poets imaginative details were added to this meagre account . The cavernous opening in the earth's surface through which lay one approach to Hades was said to be guarded by monstrous forms , notably by a ...
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... less repulsive in appearance and less brutal in nature than their brothers . They are characterized by great power , conjoined with intelligence to direct that power . Many of them are identified with the mightier , but orderly forces ...
... less repulsive in appearance and less brutal in nature than their brothers . They are characterized by great power , conjoined with intelligence to direct that power . Many of them are identified with the mightier , but orderly forces ...
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... generations inherited less of divine nature , and by degrees the " Seed of Jove " became undistin- guishable in character from human beings , except by the possession of an unusual degree of power of some par- 44 INTRODUCTION .
... generations inherited less of divine nature , and by degrees the " Seed of Jove " became undistin- guishable in character from human beings , except by the possession of an unusual degree of power of some par- 44 INTRODUCTION .
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... less than those of his father . He wedded a nymph named Eurydice , and at her early death he was inconsolable . He finally took a lyre given him by Apollo and made his way to Hades to seek her . His song " suspended Hell and took with ...
... less than those of his father . He wedded a nymph named Eurydice , and at her early death he was inconsolable . He finally took a lyre given him by Apollo and made his way to Hades to seek her . His song " suspended Hell and took with ...
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Selections from Paradise Lost: Including Books I. and II. Entire, and ... John Milton Visualização integral - 1897 |
Selections from Paradise Lost: Including Books I. and II. Entire, and ... John Milton Visualização integral - 1897 |
Selections from Paradise Lost: Including Books I. and II. Entire, and ... John Milton Visualização integral - 1897 |
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Adam and Eve adorn Æneid æsthetic Almighty ancient Angels appeared arms battle beautiful Beelzebub behold Belial Book bright burning lake called Chaos character chariot Cherubim chimæra Colchis constellation created dark Death deep deities dire divine Divine Comedy dread Earth Egypt epic eternal ethereal evil expression eyes fate fell fierce fiery fire firmament force gates glory goddess gods gold Greek happy hath head Heaven Heavenly Hell highth hill horrid host infernal Jove King land light lines Mammon mighty Milton mind moon mortal night Note o'er onomatopoeia Ophiuchus pain PARADISE LOST passage Phlegra poem poetic poets rage region reign round Satan Satan return seat seemed Seraph serpent sound spake speech sphere Spirits stars stood synecdoche Tartarus Thammuz thee thence things Thither thou thought throne thunder Trochee wandering whence winds wings words World
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Página 165 - Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity — -dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather pure Ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell?
Página 96 - Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition ; there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Página 105 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear - to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Página 104 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
Página 100 - 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 labour must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to find means of evil...
Página xvi - Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Página 98 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 166 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Página xv - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Página 135 - A pillar of state ; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat, and public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shone Majestic, though in ruin : sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies; his look Drew audience and attention still as night, Or summer's noontide air...