The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 27
... Heav'n wakes with all his eyes , Whom to behold but thee , nature's defire , In whose fight all things joy , with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze ! 2 An injudicious poet would have made Adam talk thro the whole work in ...
... Heav'n wakes with all his eyes , Whom to behold but thee , nature's defire , In whose fight all things joy , with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze ! 2 An injudicious poet would have made Adam talk thro the whole work in ...
Page 28
... heav'n arriv'd , the gate self - open'd wide , On golden hinges turning , as , by work Divine , the Sovereign architect had framed . The poet here seems to have regarded two or three passages in the 18th Iliad , as that in particular ...
... heav'n arriv'd , the gate self - open'd wide , On golden hinges turning , as , by work Divine , the Sovereign architect had framed . The poet here seems to have regarded two or three passages in the 18th Iliad , as that in particular ...
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... heav'n ; and all this mighty boft In horrible destruction laid thus low . But fee ! the angry victor hath recall'd His minifters of vengeance and pursuit Back to the gates of beav'n : The fulph'rous hail Shot after us in storm , o ...
... heav'n ; and all this mighty boft In horrible destruction laid thus low . But fee ! the angry victor hath recall'd His minifters of vengeance and pursuit Back to the gates of beav'n : The fulph'rous hail Shot after us in storm , o ...
Page 54
... , And at his chariot wheels to drag bim bound Threaten'd , nor from the Holy one of heav'n Refrain'd his tongue blasphemous : but anon Down Down cloven to the waste , with shatter'd arms And 54 N ° 333 THE SPECTATOR .
... , And at his chariot wheels to drag bim bound Threaten'd , nor from the Holy one of heav'n Refrain'd his tongue blasphemous : but anon Down Down cloven to the waste , with shatter'd arms And 54 N ° 333 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 55
... heav'n's bafis ; bring forth all my war , My bow and thunder , my almighty arms Gird on , and fword on thy puissant thigh . The reader will eafily discover many other strokes of the fame nature . There is no question but Milton had ...
... heav'n's bafis ; bring forth all my war , My bow and thunder , my almighty arms Gird on , and fword on thy puissant thigh . The reader will eafily discover many other strokes of the fame nature . There is no question but Milton had ...
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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