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... speeches by inverted commas — a plan which , though novel in the printing of this poem , I imagine the reader will find convenient . I have also occasionally used the dash ( thus ) between members of a sentence , to mark apposition ...
... speeches by inverted commas — a plan which , though novel in the printing of this poem , I imagine the reader will find convenient . I have also occasionally used the dash ( thus ) between members of a sentence , to mark apposition ...
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... . " At this time he also published his letter on education to Mr. Samuel Hartlib ; and his " Areopagitica , " or speech for the liberty of unlicensed printing , addressed to the parliament of England , xviii LIFE OF MILTON .
... . " At this time he also published his letter on education to Mr. Samuel Hartlib ; and his " Areopagitica , " or speech for the liberty of unlicensed printing , addressed to the parliament of England , xviii LIFE OF MILTON .
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... speech or writing , recommended his execution . He had no direct power in ordering the event , as a member of the legislature ; he was not one of his judges ; he therefore did not fairly come within the sweep of the royal retaliation ...
... speech or writing , recommended his execution . He had no direct power in ordering the event , as a member of the legislature ; he was not one of his judges ; he therefore did not fairly come within the sweep of the royal retaliation ...
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... , preferred to follow him whenever he drew from the primitive source . Hence his speeches , often cast in the mould of Demosthenes , have little of the verbose swell of Cicero . Dryden was a constant visitor of his ; LIFE OF MILTON . xxxix.
... , preferred to follow him whenever he drew from the primitive source . Hence his speeches , often cast in the mould of Demosthenes , have little of the verbose swell of Cicero . Dryden was a constant visitor of his ; LIFE OF MILTON . xxxix.
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... speech , comforts them with hope yet of regaining heaven , but tells them lastly of a new world , and a new kind of creature to be created , according to an ancient prophecy , or report , in heaven ; for , that angels were , long before ...
... speech , comforts them with hope yet of regaining heaven , but tells them lastly of a new world , and a new kind of creature to be created , according to an ancient prophecy , or report , in heaven ; for , that angels were , long before ...
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Page 3 - Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar 15 Above th' Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose, or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, O SPIRIT ! that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou knowest: Thou from the first
Page xi - the invocation of Dame Memory, and her Syren daughters; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 10 - shield, 285 Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast: the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning, from the top of Fesole, 290 Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His
Page 10 - Here for his envy;—will not drive us hence : " Here we may reign secure; and, in my choice, ," To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: " Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. " But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, 265 " The associates and copartners of our loss,
Page 172 - Till, warn'd, or by experience taught, she learn, " That not to know at large of things remote " From use, obscure and subtle, but to know " That which before us lies in daily life, " Is the prime wisdom: what is more, is fume, 195 " Or emptiness, or fond impertinence; " And renders us, in things that most concern,
Page 95 - Him first, him last, him midst, and without end! " Fairest of stars! last in the train of night, " If better thou belong not to the dawn,— " Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn " With thy bright circlet,—praise him in thy sphere, 170 " While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 87 - slunk;—all but the wakeful nightingale ; She, all night long, her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd: now glow'd the firmament 605 With living sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest; till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.
Page 77 - slunk;—all but the wakeful nightingale ; She, all night long, her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd: now glow'd the firmament 605 With living sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest; till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.
Page 83 - Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell; " And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep " Still threatening to devour me, opens wide, " To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven. " O, then, at last relent! Is there no place 80 " Left for repentance ? none for pardon left ?— " None left, but by submission ! and that word
Page 10 - is its own place, and in itself 255 " Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. " What matter where, if I be still the same, " And what I should be,—all but less than He | " Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least " We shall be free ; th