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Page xxxi
... syllables , and the sense variously drawn out from one verse into another , not in the jingling sound of like endings , a fault avoided by the learned ancients both in poetry and all good oratory . This neglect then of rime so little is ...
... syllables , and the sense variously drawn out from one verse into another , not in the jingling sound of like endings , a fault avoided by the learned ancients both in poetry and all good oratory . This neglect then of rime so little is ...
Page 37
... syllable at the end of the verse . and in a moment quit , and release myself suddenly of the load of obligation , which seemed very heavy , as , however much gratitude I showed , the debt being infinite remained undiminished . " Quit ...
... syllable at the end of the verse . and in a moment quit , and release myself suddenly of the load of obligation , which seemed very heavy , as , however much gratitude I showed , the debt being infinite remained undiminished . " Quit ...
Page 66
... syllables . It is now completely naturalized in English , and has been converted into a dissyllable . The line must be scanned " Beneath | the Azór es ; whether the | Prime Orb , " the second foot being either an anapaest , or , if the ...
... syllables . It is now completely naturalized in English , and has been converted into a dissyllable . The line must be scanned " Beneath | the Azór es ; whether the | Prime Orb , " the second foot being either an anapaest , or , if the ...
Page 67
... syllable of " volúbil . " 595. him stands for the Prime Orb , or , if Keightley is right in supposing the Prime Orb of 592 to be the primum mobile , for ' sun ' in 591 . 598. Now came still Evening on . This is one of the most famous ...
... syllable of " volúbil . " 595. him stands for the Prime Orb , or , if Keightley is right in supposing the Prime Orb of 592 to be the primum mobile , for ' sun ' in 591 . 598. Now came still Evening on . This is one of the most famous ...
Page 71
... syllable . 706. though but feigned , although they were only imaginary . This clause is intended to add force to the comparison . The bower of Eve was as sacred from intrusion as those mentioned in classic mythology , and it was real ...
... syllable . 706. though but feigned , although they were only imaginary . This clause is intended to add force to the comparison . The bower of Eve was as sacred from intrusion as those mentioned in classic mythology , and it was real ...
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Adam and Eve adjective adverb Aeneid amphibrach anapaest apposition Asmodeus beauty bower bright called character Cherub clause Compare 11 death DEIGHTON delight derived described Devil Diodorus Siculus earth English evil express F. J. ROWE fair fall fallen angels Fiend flowers fruit Gabriel garden Garden of Eden gate genius glory God's Greek happy hast hath Heaven Hell Homer hope Iapetus intransitive Italian Keightley king Latin means MICHAEL MACMILLAN Milton Milton's poetry mind misery monosyllable Mozambic natural night noun object pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pare participle passage poet poetical polyptoton previous line Prime Orb Puritan regarded round sapphire Satan scale seems sense sewed shade shows sleep son of Noah spear speech spirit stood suggests sweet syllables taste Tennyson thee thou thought throne thyself transitive verb Tree of Knowledge Uriel verb verse Vondel's W. T. WEBB word write