The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Volumes 7-81853 |
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... Iliad , and the Eneid , knows very well , that though they agree in their opinions of the great beauties in those poems , they have nevertheless each of them discovered several master - strokes which have escaped the observation of the ...
... Iliad , and the Eneid , knows very well , that though they agree in their opinions of the great beauties in those poems , they have nevertheless each of them discovered several master - strokes which have escaped the observation of the ...
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... Iliad , where two deities are described as perching on the top of an oak in the shape of vultures . His planting himself at the ear of Eve under the form of a toad , in order to produce vain dreams and imaginations , is a circumstance ...
... Iliad , where two deities are described as perching on the top of an oak in the shape of vultures . His planting himself at the ear of Eve under the form of a toad , in order to produce vain dreams and imaginations , is a circumstance ...
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... Ilíad . ( See No. 463. ) Virgil , before the last decisive combat , de- scribes Jupiter in the same manner , as weighing the fates of Turnus and Æneas . Milton , though he fetched this beautiful circumstance from the Iliad and Æneid ...
... Ilíad . ( See No. 463. ) Virgil , before the last decisive combat , de- scribes Jupiter in the same manner , as weighing the fates of Turnus and Æneas . Milton , though he fetched this beautiful circumstance from the Iliad and Æneid ...
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... . The poet here seems to have regarded two or three passages in the 18th Iliad , as that in par- ticular , where , speaking of Vulcan , Homer says that he had made twenty tripods running on golden wheels 48 No. 327 . THE SPECTATOR .
... . The poet here seems to have regarded two or three passages in the 18th Iliad , as that in par- ticular , where , speaking of Vulcan , Homer says that he had made twenty tripods running on golden wheels 48 No. 327 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... Iliad . Milton's fight of angels is wrought up with the same beauty . It is ushered in with such signs of wrath as are suitable to Omnipotence incensed . The first engagement is carried on under a cope of fire , occasioned by the ...
... Iliad . Milton's fight of angels is wrought up with the same beauty . It is ushered in with such signs of wrath as are suitable to Omnipotence incensed . The first engagement is carried on under a cope of fire , occasioned by the ...
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Page 46 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.
Page 31 - Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Page 193 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Page 196 - A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession.
Page 246 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone ' Of lustre from the brook, in memory, Or monument to ages ; and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers.
Page 7 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Page 152 - Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally: and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Page 46 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 180 - Should GOD create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart ; no, no, I feel The link of nature draw me ; flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
Page 47 - The rocks proclaim th' approaching Deity. Lo, Earth receives him from the bending skies! Sink down, ye mountains! and ye valleys, rise! With heads declined, ye cedars, homage pay! Be smooth, ye rocks! ye rapid floods, give way! The Saviour comes! by ancient bards foretold: Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day: 'Tis he th...