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 ix
... soul , and that imagination shapes its brightest visions from the mists of a superstitious age ; and he had no dread of accumulating knowledge lest it should oppress and smother his genius . He was conscious of that within him , which ...
... soul , and that imagination shapes its brightest visions from the mists of a superstitious age ; and he had no dread of accumulating knowledge lest it should oppress and smother his genius . He was conscious of that within him , which ...
Page x
... soul , as the rudiments of the future plant in the seed . As a necessary result of this constitution , the soul , possessed and moved by these mighty , though infant energies , is perpe- tually stretching beyond what is present and ...
... soul , as the rudiments of the future plant in the seed . As a necessary result of this constitution , the soul , possessed and moved by these mighty , though infant energies , is perpe- tually stretching beyond what is present and ...
Page xi
... soul . It indeed portrays with terrible energy the excesses of the passions ; but they are passions which show a mighty nature , which are full of power , which command awe , and excite a deep though shuddering sympathy . Its great ...
... soul . It indeed portrays with terrible energy the excesses of the passions ; but they are passions which show a mighty nature , which are full of power , which command awe , and excite a deep though shuddering sympathy . Its great ...
Page xii
... soul with almost superhuman energy ; the inno- cence and irrepressible joy of infancy ; the bloom , and buoyancy , and dazzling hopes , of youth ; the throbbings of the heart , when it first wakes to love , and dreams of a happiness too ...
... soul with almost superhuman energy ; the inno- cence and irrepressible joy of infancy ; the bloom , and buoyancy , and dazzling hopes , of youth ; the throbbings of the heart , when it first wakes to love , and dreams of a happiness too ...
Page xiv
... soul , And lap it in Elysium ; Scylla wept , And chid her barking waves into attention , And fell Charybdis murmur'd soft applause : Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense , And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself ; But such a ...
... soul , And lap it in Elysium ; Scylla wept , And chid her barking waves into attention , And fell Charybdis murmur'd soft applause : Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense , And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself ; But such a ...
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