The Paradise LostA.S. Barnes & Company, 1853 - 552 pages |
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... Newton's edition of Milton , now quite scarce , that the same course had a century ago been pursued by him ; though the same pains had not been taken by Newton to distribute in detail to every part of the poem the criticisms of Addison ...
... Newton's edition of Milton , now quite scarce , that the same course had a century ago been pursued by him ; though the same pains had not been taken by Newton to distribute in detail to every part of the poem the criticisms of Addison ...
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... Newton , E. Brydges , Todd , Hume , Kitto , Richardson , Thyer , Stebbing and Pearce . The Introductory Remarks upon the several Books are , generally , those found in Sir Egerton Brydges ' edition , with the omission of such remarks as ...
... Newton , E. Brydges , Todd , Hume , Kitto , Richardson , Thyer , Stebbing and Pearce . The Introductory Remarks upon the several Books are , generally , those found in Sir Egerton Brydges ' edition , with the omission of such remarks as ...
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... Newton has observed ) a further beauty in the variety of the numbers , which of themselves charm every reader without any sublimity of thought or pomp of expression ; and this variety of the numbers consists chiefly in the pause being ...
... Newton has observed ) a further beauty in the variety of the numbers , which of themselves charm every reader without any sublimity of thought or pomp of expression ; and this variety of the numbers consists chiefly in the pause being ...
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... Newton that the poet is liable to the charge of enthu- siasm ; having expected from the Divine Spirit a kind and degree of inspira- tion similar to that which the writers of the sacred scriptures enjoyed . The his manage Before all ...
... Newton that the poet is liable to the charge of enthu- siasm ; having expected from the Divine Spirit a kind and degree of inspira- tion similar to that which the writers of the sacred scriptures enjoyed . The his manage Before all ...
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... Newton remarks , in the other passages Sa tan himself is the speaker , or some of his angels ; and they were too proud and obstinate to acknowledge the Messiah for their conqueror ; as their rebellion was raised on his account , they ...
... Newton remarks , in the other passages Sa tan himself is the speaker , or some of his angels ; and they were too proud and obstinate to acknowledge the Messiah for their conqueror ; as their rebellion was raised on his account , they ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Æneid Alcinous allusion ancient angels appear'd beast beautiful Beelzebub behold bliss Book bright call'd called celestial Chaos Cherubim cloud created creation creatures darkness death deep delight described divine dreadful dwell earth eternal ev'ning evil expression eyes fabled fair fallen angels Father fire flow'rs fruit gates glory gods grace hand happy hast hath Heav'n heav'nly Hell Hesiod hill Homer human Iliad imagination infernal Jupiter King light live mankind Messiah Milton mind Moloch moon nature Newton night numbers Ophion Ovid pain Paradise Lost passage poem poet poetical poetry pow'r reader return'd round sacred sapience Satan says Scripture seem'd sense serpent sight spake speech spirit stars stood sublime supposed sweet taste thee thence things thou thought throne tree turn'd Virg Virgil whence winds wings word