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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... less perturbed , than that of other men , and is therefore less observed and felt except by those who understand , through their own consciousness , the workings and utterance of genuine feeling . We might quote pages in illustration of ...
... less perturbed , than that of other men , and is therefore less observed and felt except by those who understand , through their own consciousness , the workings and utterance of genuine feeling . We might quote pages in illustration of ...
Page xvii
... less gifted men , flow through his poetry in a full stream of harmony . This power over language is not to be ascribed to Milton's musical ear . It belongs to the soul . It is a gift or exercise of genius , which has power to impress ...
... less gifted men , flow through his poetry in a full stream of harmony . This power over language is not to be ascribed to Milton's musical ear . It belongs to the soul . It is a gift or exercise of genius , which has power to impress ...
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... less Than such could have o'erpower'd such force as ours , ) Have left us this our spirit and strength entire Strongly to suffer and support our pains , That we may so suffice his vengeful ire , Or do him mightier service as his thralls ...
... less Than such could have o'erpower'd such force as ours , ) Have left us this our spirit and strength entire Strongly to suffer and support our pains , That we may so suffice his vengeful ire , Or do him mightier service as his thralls ...
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... less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy , will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure , and , in my choice , To reign is worth ambition , though ...
... less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy , will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure , and , in my choice , To reign is worth ambition , though ...
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... less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room Throng numberless , like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount ; or faery elves , Whose midnight revels , by a forest side Or fountain , some belated peasant sees , Or dreams he sees ...
... less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room Throng numberless , like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount ; or faery elves , Whose midnight revels , by a forest side Or fountain , some belated peasant sees , Or dreams he sees ...
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