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Page 14
... Paradise than that from which he fell . There is another objection against MILTON's fable , which is indeed almost the same with the former , though placed in a different light , namely , -That the hero in the Paradise Lost is ...
... Paradise than that from which he fell . There is another objection against MILTON's fable , which is indeed almost the same with the former , though placed in a different light , namely , -That the hero in the Paradise Lost is ...
Page 15
... Paradise Lost all the greatness of plan , regularity of design , and masterly beauties which we discover in HOMER and VIRGIL . I must in the next place observe , that MILTON has interwoven in the texture of his fable , some particulars ...
... Paradise Lost all the greatness of plan , regularity of design , and masterly beauties which we discover in HOMER and VIRGIL . I must in the next place observe , that MILTON has interwoven in the texture of his fable , some particulars ...
Page 17
... Paradise Lost , and declared my opinion , as to the allegorical persons who are introduced in it . * If we look into the Sentiments , I think they are some- times defective under the following heads ; first , as there are several of ...
... Paradise Lost , and declared my opinion , as to the allegorical persons who are introduced in it . * If we look into the Sentiments , I think they are some- times defective under the following heads ; first , as there are several of ...
Page 45
... Paradise Lost , may be considered as a piece of the same nature . To pursue the allusion as it is observed , that among the bright parts of the luminous body above - mentioned , there are some which glow more intensely , and dart a ...
... Paradise Lost , may be considered as a piece of the same nature . To pursue the allusion as it is observed , that among the bright parts of the luminous body above - mentioned , there are some which glow more intensely , and dart a ...
Page 52
... Paradise Lost . And here I must observe , that when MILTON alludes either to things or persons , he never quits his simile until it rises to some very great idea , which is often foreign to the occasion that gave birth to it . The ...
... Paradise Lost . And here I must observe , that when MILTON alludes either to things or persons , he never quits his simile until it rises to some very great idea , which is often foreign to the occasion that gave birth to it . The ...
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