The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... angels , is finely imaged . As Miton every where fills his poem with circumstances that are mar- vellous and aftonishing , he describes the gate of hea- ven as framed after such a manner , that it open'd of it- felf upon the approach of ...
... angels , is finely imaged . As Miton every where fills his poem with circumstances that are mar- vellous and aftonishing , he describes the gate of hea- ven as framed after such a manner , that it open'd of it- felf upon the approach of ...
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... angels ; his paf- fing through the wilderness of sweets ; his distant ap- pearance to Adam ; have all the graces that poetry is capable of bestowing . The author afterwards gives us a particular description of Eve in her domestic employ ...
... angels ; his paf- fing through the wilderness of sweets ; his distant ap- pearance to Adam ; have all the graces that poetry is capable of bestowing . The author afterwards gives us a particular description of Eve in her domestic employ ...
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... angels . After having thus entered into conversation with man upon more indifferent subjects , he warns him of his obedience , and makes a natural tranfition to the history of that fallen angel , who was employed in the circumvention of ...
... angels . After having thus entered into conversation with man upon more indifferent subjects , he warns him of his obedience , and makes a natural tranfition to the history of that fallen angel , who was employed in the circumvention of ...
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... angels in heaven . The occafion which Milton affigns for this revolt , as it is founded on hints in holy writ , and on the opinion of fome great writers , so it was the most proper that the poet could have made use of . The revolt in ...
... angels in heaven . The occafion which Milton affigns for this revolt , as it is founded on hints in holy writ , and on the opinion of fome great writers , so it was the most proper that the poet could have made use of . The revolt in ...
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... angels ; having raised his readers ex- pectation , and prepared him for it by several passages in the preceding books . I omitted quoting these passages in my observations on the former books , having purposely referved them for the ...
... angels ; having raised his readers ex- pectation , and prepared him for it by several passages in the preceding books . I omitted quoting these passages in my observations on the former books , having purposely referved them for the ...
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Adam Æneid agreeable alſo angels anſwer appear beautiful becauſe behaviour beſt buſineſs cauſe character chearfulness confider confideration converſation defire deſcribed deſcription deſign diſcourſe endeavour eſteem eyes faid fame fays feveral fince firſt parents fome foon fublime fuch gentleman give heav'n Homer honour houſe humble fervant imagination inſtances itſelf juſt lady laſt leſs live look mankind manner maſter Menippus Milton mind miſtreſs Mohocks moſt myſelf nature neſs never night obſerve occafion Ovid paffion particular paſſage paſſed paſſion perſon pleaſed pleaſure poem poet preſent raiſe reader reaſon repreſented reſpect riſe ſame ſays ſcene ſchool ſecond ſeems ſenſe ſentiments ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould Sir ROGER ſome ſpeak SPECTATOR ſpeculation ſpeech ſpirit ſtage ſtate ſtill ſtory ſubject ſuch ſurpriſe tell thee theſe thing thoſe thou thought tion uſe verſe Virg virtue whole whoſe