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Page 73
... . Of the probable and the marvellous , two parts of a vulgar epic poem which immerge the critic in deep consideration , the ' Paradise Lost ' requires little to be said . It contains the history of THE LIFE OF MILTON . 73.
... . Of the probable and the marvellous , two parts of a vulgar epic poem which immerge the critic in deep consideration , the ' Paradise Lost ' requires little to be said . It contains the history of THE LIFE OF MILTON . 73.
Page 95
... deep windings of the human heart , Is not wild Shakspeare thine and Nature's boast ? Is not each great , each amiable , Muse Of classic ages in thy MILTON met ? A genius universal as his theme ; Astonishing as Chaos ; as the bloom Of ...
... deep windings of the human heart , Is not wild Shakspeare thine and Nature's boast ? Is not each great , each amiable , Muse Of classic ages in thy MILTON met ? A genius universal as his theme ; Astonishing as Chaos ; as the bloom Of ...
Page 97
... Where , tangled round the jealous steep , Strange shades o'erbrow the vallies deep , And holy Genii guard the rock , Its glooms embrown ENCOMIUMS UPON MILTON . 97 From Gray's Progress of Poesy From Collins's Ode on the Poetical Character.
... Where , tangled round the jealous steep , Strange shades o'erbrow the vallies deep , And holy Genii guard the rock , Its glooms embrown ENCOMIUMS UPON MILTON . 97 From Gray's Progress of Poesy From Collins's Ode on the Poetical Character.
Page 103
... deep . Which action passed over , the Poem hastens into the midst of things , presenting Satan with his angels now falling into hell ; described here , not in the centre ( for heaven and earth may be supposed as yet not made , certainly ...
... deep . Which action passed over , the Poem hastens into the midst of things , presenting Satan with his angels now falling into hell ; described here , not in the centre ( for heaven and earth may be supposed as yet not made , certainly ...
Page 104
... deep tract of hell ; say first , what cause Moved our grand parents , in that happy state , Favour'd of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who ...
... deep tract of hell ; say first , what cause Moved our grand parents , in that happy state , Favour'd of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who ...
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Abdiel Adam Almighty angels appear'd arm'd arms battle Beelzebub behold blank verse bliss burning lake call'd celestial Cherub Cherubim clouds Comus dark daughter death deep delight divine dread earth eternal etherial evil eyes fair Fair Angel fall Father fear fell fire flames friends Gabriel glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heaven heavenly Hell highth hill hope host infernal Ithuriel John Milton join'd King Latin less light Lycidas mankind Messiah Milton mind Moloch nature never night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pass'd perhaps poem poet poetry praise rage reason reign revenge rhyme round Satan seem'd seems Seraph Seraphim shade sight soon spake Spirits stood sweet Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou thoughts throne thunder thyself turn'd Uriel verse vex'd whence winds wings wonder Zephon
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Page 100 - This neglect of rime is so little to be taken for a defect, though it may seem so perhaps to vulgar readers, that it is rather to be esteemed an example, the first in English, of ancient liberty recovered to heroic poem from the troublesome and modern bondage of riming.