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... Earth Be but the shadow of Heaven , and things therein Each to other like , more than on earth is thought ? Here the divine messenger is hinting at an idea which Milton to a great extent made the basis of the conduct of his narrative.1 ...
... Earth Be but the shadow of Heaven , and things therein Each to other like , more than on earth is thought ? Here the divine messenger is hinting at an idea which Milton to a great extent made the basis of the conduct of his narrative.1 ...
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... earth are those bright luminaries Officious ( VII . 98 ) ; Stapleton's translation of Bede has : [ she ] shewed her selfe very officious in caruinge . Latin officiosus . orb ( the earth , the world ) : thus the orb he roam'd ( IX . 82 ) ...
... earth are those bright luminaries Officious ( VII . 98 ) ; Stapleton's translation of Bede has : [ she ] shewed her selfe very officious in caruinge . Latin officiosus . orb ( the earth , the world ) : thus the orb he roam'd ( IX . 82 ) ...
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... Earth felt the wound , and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe , That all was lost ( IX . 782 ) . Similarly on the occasion of the fall of Adam : Earth trembled from her entrails .... Sky lour'd , and ...
... Earth felt the wound , and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe , That all was lost ( IX . 782 ) . Similarly on the occasion of the fall of Adam : Earth trembled from her entrails .... Sky lour'd , and ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Theology And Philosophy | 29 |
Style And Language | 69 |
Copyright | |
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Adam and Eve Adamus Exul Æneas Æneid alliteration Andreini anno Areopagitica Bartas Belial Bunyan Cædmon call'd character Christ Christ's Victory Christian Doctrine Church classical epic created death Deucalion du Bartas earth eternity Eve's evil faith fall fallen angels Father foreknowledge fruit Genesis God's grace Grotius hæc hath Heaven heavenly Hell Holy human idea Iliad justice knowledge L'Adamo Latin light Lucifer Macbeth Man's mankind Mark Pattison Masson Medieval Michael Milton Milton's poem mind moral Muse nature obedience occurs Paradise Lost Phaedon Platonic poet poetic poetry punishment quoted Raphael reason reign religious repent Samson Agonistes Satan Saurat says seem'd seems sense serpent similar sings soul speaks Spenser spirit stood story temptation thee things thou Timaios tree truth vanity Vergil virtue Vondel's wander wicked angels words δὲ καὶ μὲν περὶ τὸ τὸν τοῦ