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Page 14
... Adam ro hero . ? misery and disgrace . Thus we see ADAM and EVE sinking from a state of innocence and happiness , into the most abject condition of sin and sorrow . The most taking tragedies among the ancients were built on this last ...
... Adam ro hero . ? misery and disgrace . Thus we see ADAM and EVE sinking from a state of innocence and happiness , into the most abject condition of sin and sorrow . The most taking tragedies among the ancients were built on this last ...
Page 16
... ADAM or EVE , or by some good or evil Spirit who is engaged , either in their destruction , or defence . From what has been here observed it appears , that digressions are by no means to be allowed of , in an Epic Poem . If the Poet ...
... ADAM or EVE , or by some good or evil Spirit who is engaged , either in their destruction , or defence . From what has been here observed it appears , that digressions are by no means to be allowed of , in an Epic Poem . If the Poet ...
Page 17
... ADAM and EVE's going naked , of the 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 ...
... ADAM and EVE's going naked , of the 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 ...
Page 145
... ADAM to have refused Eve . The man named by the commission for Mrs. SUCH - A - ONE , shall neither be in fashion , nor dare ever appear in company , should he attempt to evade their determination . The female sex wholly govern domestic ...
... ADAM to have refused Eve . The man named by the commission for Mrs. SUCH - A - ONE , shall neither be in fashion , nor dare ever appear in company , should he attempt to evade their determination . The female sex wholly govern domestic ...
Page 149
... ADAM's Bower , & c . In the next are the Ma- chines , which comprehend the speeches and behaviour of the good and bad Angels . In the last is the con- duct of ADAM and Eve , who are the principal Actors in the Poem . In the description ...
... ADAM's Bower , & c . In the next are the Ma- chines , which comprehend the speeches and behaviour of the good and bad Angels . In the last is the con- duct of ADAM and Eve , who are the principal Actors in the Poem . In the description ...
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