The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 31
... described with great force of imagination and a fine variety of circumstances . The learned reader cannot but be pleased with the poet's imitation of Homer in the last of the following lines .. At length into the limits of the north ...
... described with great force of imagination and a fine variety of circumstances . The learned reader cannot but be pleased with the poet's imitation of Homer in the last of the following lines .. At length into the limits of the north ...
Page 50
... described as prefiding over the chaos , speaks in the fecond book . Thus Satan ; and him thus the Anarch old , With faltring Speech and visage incompos'd , Answer'd : I know thee , stranger , who thou art , That mighty leading angel ...
... described as prefiding over the chaos , speaks in the fecond book . Thus Satan ; and him thus the Anarch old , With faltring Speech and visage incompos'd , Answer'd : I know thee , stranger , who thou art , That mighty leading angel ...
Page 81
... described in this day's work , which is filled with all the graces that other poets have lavished on their defcription of the spring , and leads the reader's ima- gination into a theatre equally surprising and beautiful . The several ...
... described in this day's work , which is filled with all the graces that other poets have lavished on their defcription of the spring , and leads the reader's ima- gination into a theatre equally surprising and beautiful . The several ...
Page 103
... described with great conciseness and perfpicuity , and at the same time dressed in very pleasing and poetical images . Adam , to detain the angel , enters afterwards upon his own history , and relates to him the circumstances in which ...
... described with great conciseness and perfpicuity , and at the same time dressed in very pleasing and poetical images . Adam , to detain the angel , enters afterwards upon his own history , and relates to him the circumstances in which ...
Page 104
... described as shut upon the place of tor- ments , and liften to the groans , and clank of chains , and the noise of iron whips , that were heard in those regions of pain and forrow . Fast we found , fast but The dismal gates , and ...
... described as shut upon the place of tor- ments , and liften to the groans , and clank of chains , and the noise of iron whips , that were heard in those regions of pain and forrow . Fast we found , fast but The dismal gates , and ...
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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