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Page vi
... give his children a liberal education , and to secure a comfortable competence for his closing years , which were spent in the country . There can be little doubt that the hatred of Popery and arbitrary power which dis- tinguished the ...
... give his children a liberal education , and to secure a comfortable competence for his closing years , which were spent in the country . There can be little doubt that the hatred of Popery and arbitrary power which dis- tinguished the ...
Page xxii
... give himself out for dead , and to have a mock funeral made for him . His Eiconoclastes and Defensio were burned by the hands of the common hangman . He was not relieved from danger till the act of indemnity was passed ; and , even ...
... give himself out for dead , and to have a mock funeral made for him . His Eiconoclastes and Defensio were burned by the hands of the common hangman . He was not relieved from danger till the act of indemnity was passed ; and , even ...
Page xxiii
... give him his opinion . It was Paradise Lost ! He had commenced this marvellous poem two years before the Restoration , and it had thus occupied him seven years - a time neither too long nor too short for the construction of such a piece ...
... give him his opinion . It was Paradise Lost ! He had commenced this marvellous poem two years before the Restoration , and it had thus occupied him seven years - a time neither too long nor too short for the construction of such a piece ...
Page xxvi
... give the world something on Paradise Found ) , and finished " Paradise Re- gained . " To this , on returning to town , he added " Samson Agonistes , " and published them both in one volume in 1671 . That Milton preferred " Paradise ...
... give the world something on Paradise Found ) , and finished " Paradise Re- gained . " To this , on returning to town , he added " Samson Agonistes , " and published them both in one volume in 1671 . That Milton preferred " Paradise ...
Page xxxii
... gives are , in general , selected on the principle that they are characteristic , and can stand alone . Johnson's critique seems the short - hand outline of a whole volume of admiration and hatred , respect and scorn , the materials of ...
... gives are , in general , selected on the principle that they are characteristic , and can stand alone . Johnson's critique seems the short - hand outline of a whole volume of admiration and hatred , respect and scorn , the materials of ...
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Adam Angels Arethuse arm'd arms aught beast behold Belial bliss bright call'd Cherubim cloud Comus Countess of Derby Dagon dark death deeds deep delight didst divine dread dwell earth enemies eternal evil eyes fair faith Father fear fruit glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell highth hill honour Israel King lest light live Lord LORD BRACKLEY lost Lycidas Messiah Milton mind morn mortal night o'er Paradise Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Parthian peace Philistines praise rais'd reign replied return'd round Samson Samson Agonistes sapience Satan seat seem'd serpent shade shalt sight Son of God song soon soul spake Spirit stars stood strength sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou art thou hast thought throne thyself tree turn'd vex'd virtue voice whence winds wings wonder
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Page 123 - 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, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 506 - Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. For, so to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise; Ay me ! whilst thee the shores and sounding seas Wash far away, where'er thy bones are hurl'd, Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps, under the whelming tide, Visit'st the bottom of the monstrous world...
Page 509 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled Dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine...
Page 513 - Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus
Page 502 - And all their echoes, mourn. The Willows, and the Hazel Copses green, Shall now no more be seen, Fanning their joyous Leaves to thy soft lays.
Page 106 - With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train : But neither breath of morn, when she ascends...
Page 507 - And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more; Henceforth thou art the Genius of the shore In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood.
Page 26 - From heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star, On Lemnos the /Egean isle : thus they relate, Erring...
Page 505 - That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed...
Page 22 - Above them all the archangel : but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd ; and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge ; cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion, to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain...