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Page 17
... angels eating , and several other passages in his poem , are liable to the same exception , though I must confess there is so great a beauty in these very digressions , that I could not wish them out of his poem . I have , in a former ...
... angels eating , and several other passages in his poem , are liable to the same exception , though I must confess there is so great a beauty in these very digressions , that I could not wish them out of his poem . I have , in a former ...
Page 44
... Angels , to whose care heaven has intrusted its dear EMILIA , guide her still forward in the paths of virtue ... Angel of Light , T. 1 No. 303 . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 16 , 1711-12 44 THE SPECTATOR . NO . 302 .
... Angels , to whose care heaven has intrusted its dear EMILIA , guide her still forward in the paths of virtue ... Angel of Light , T. 1 No. 303 . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 16 , 1711-12 44 THE SPECTATOR . NO . 302 .
Page 46
... angels lay entranced after their dreadful overthrow and fall from heaven , before they could recover either the use of thought or speech , is a noble circumstance , and very finely imagined . The division of hell into seas of fire , and ...
... angels lay entranced after their dreadful overthrow and fall from heaven , before they could recover either the use of thought or speech , is a noble circumstance , and very finely imagined . The division of hell into seas of fire , and ...
Page 47
... angels that lay plunged and stupified in the sea of fire . Sentiments fit Character good - adds to depth of poem . But there is no single passage in the whole Poem worked up to a greater sublimity , than that wherein his person is ...
... angels that lay plunged and stupified in the sea of fire . Sentiments fit Character good - adds to depth of poem . But there is no single passage in the whole Poem worked up to a greater sublimity , than that wherein his person is ...
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... angels weep , burst forth19 The catalogue of evil spirits has abundance of learning in it , and a very agreeable turn of poetry , which rises in a great measure from its describing the places where they were worshipped , by those ...
... angels weep , burst forth19 The catalogue of evil spirits has abundance of learning in it , and a very agreeable turn of poetry , which rises in a great measure from its describing the places where they were worshipped , by those ...
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