The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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Page 109
... passage in the 22d Iliad . Virgil , before the last decisive combat , describes Jupiter in the same manner , as weighing the fates of Turnus and Æneas . Milton , though he fetched this beautiful circumstance from the Iliad and Eneid ...
... passage in the 22d Iliad . Virgil , before the last decisive combat , describes Jupiter in the same manner , as weighing the fates of Turnus and Æneas . Milton , though he fetched this beautiful circumstance from the Iliad and Eneid ...
Page 294
... passage in the present book , where , describing Sin and Death as marching through the works of nature , he adds , Behind her Death Close following pace for pace , not mounted yet On his pale horse Which alludes to that passage in ...
... passage in the present book , where , describing Sin and Death as marching through the works of nature , he adds , Behind her Death Close following pace for pace , not mounted yet On his pale horse Which alludes to that passage in ...
Page 325
... passage in holy writ , And another angel came and stood at the altar , having a golden censer ; and there was given unto him much incense , that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar , which was before ...
... passage in holy writ , And another angel came and stood at the altar , having a golden censer ; and there was given unto him much incense , that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar , which was before ...
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