The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton: With Life of the Author and Dr. Channing's Essay on the Poetical Genius of MiltonMilner & Sowerby, 1865 - 537 pages |
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Page xi
... divine instinct . It indeed finds its elements in what it actually sees and experi- ences , in the worlds of matter and mind ; but it combines and blends these into new forms and according to new affinities ; breaks down , if we may so ...
... divine instinct . It indeed finds its elements in what it actually sees and experi- ences , in the worlds of matter and mind ; but it combines and blends these into new forms and according to new affinities ; breaks down , if we may so ...
Page xii
... divine element among the grosser labours and pleasures of our earthly being . The present life is not wholly prosaic , precise , tame , and finite . To the gifted eye , it abounds in the poetic . The affections which spread beyond ...
... divine element among the grosser labours and pleasures of our earthly being . The present life is not wholly prosaic , precise , tame , and finite . To the gifted eye , it abounds in the poetic . The affections which spread beyond ...
Page xiii
... divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast , And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence : How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence , through the empty - vaulted ...
... divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast , And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence : How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence , through the empty - vaulted ...
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... divine or holy , else enjoy'd In vision beatific ; by him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransack'd the centre ; and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother earth For treasures , better hid . Soon had his ...
... divine or holy , else enjoy'd In vision beatific ; by him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransack'd the centre ; and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother earth For treasures , better hid . Soon had his ...
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... eternal being : Or , if our substance be indeed divine , And cannot cease to be , we are at worst On this side nothing ; and by proof we feel Our power sufficient to disturb his heaven , And with. 76 24 PARADISE LOST .
... eternal being : Or , if our substance be indeed divine , And cannot cease to be , we are at worst On this side nothing ; and by proof we feel Our power sufficient to disturb his heaven , And with. 76 24 PARADISE LOST .
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