The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... description of an- gels : But I do not remember to have met with any so finely drawn , and so comformable to the notions which are given of them in Scripture , as this in Milton . After having set him forth in all his heavenly plumage ...
... description of an- gels : But I do not remember to have met with any so finely drawn , and so comformable to the notions which are given of them in Scripture , as this in Milton . After having set him forth in all his heavenly plumage ...
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... description , by the reading of the ancient poets , and of Homer in particular . It was certainly a very bold thought in our author , to ascribe the first use of ar- tillery to the rebel angels . But as such a pernicious invention may ...
... description , by the reading of the ancient poets , and of Homer in particular . It was certainly a very bold thought in our author , to ascribe the first use of ar- tillery to the rebel angels . But as such a pernicious invention may ...
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... descriptions of the Latin and Greek poets ; and at the same time improved every great hint which he met with in their works upon this fubject . Homer in that passage , which Longinus has celebrated for its fublimeness , and which Virgil ...
... descriptions of the Latin and Greek poets ; and at the same time improved every great hint which he met with in their works upon this fubject . Homer in that passage , which Longinus has celebrated for its fublimeness , and which Virgil ...
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... description of the fallen an- gels feeing the promontories hanging over their heads in such a dreadful manner , with the other numberless beauties in this book , which are so confpicuous , that they cannot escape the notice of the most ...
... description of the fallen an- gels feeing the promontories hanging over their heads in such a dreadful manner , with the other numberless beauties in this book , which are so confpicuous , that they cannot escape the notice of the most ...
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... description of his fu- rious Moloch flying from the battle , and bellowing with the wound he had received , had his eye on Mars in the Iliad ; who , upon his being wounded , is represented as retiring out of the fight , and making an ...
... description of his fu- rious Moloch flying from the battle , and bellowing with the wound he had received , had his eye on Mars in the Iliad ; who , upon his being wounded , is represented as retiring out of the fight , and making an ...
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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