John Milton: A Sketch of His Life and Writings |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 22
Page 36
... give him aid , Now while the heav'n , by the sun's team untrod , Hath took no print of the approaching light , And all the spangled host keep watch in squadrons bright ? See how from far upon the eastern road The star - led wizards ...
... give him aid , Now while the heav'n , by the sun's team untrod , Hath took no print of the approaching light , And all the spangled host keep watch in squadrons bright ? See how from far upon the eastern road The star - led wizards ...
Page 156
... give a dynastic tinge to religious symbolism , as when , at the chronological beginning of the story , in the act that incites Satan to revolt , God , echoing Psalm 2 : 6-7 , proclaims the Son , this day be- gotten , as his vicegerent ...
... give a dynastic tinge to religious symbolism , as when , at the chronological beginning of the story , in the act that incites Satan to revolt , God , echoing Psalm 2 : 6-7 , proclaims the Son , this day be- gotten , as his vicegerent ...
Page 160
... give faint hints of Eve's possible self - centeredness and Adam's possibly excessive devotion . A much stronger hint soon develops . Satan's efforts at Eve's ear resulted in her dreaming that , guided as she thought by Adam and then by ...
... give faint hints of Eve's possible self - centeredness and Adam's possibly excessive devotion . A much stronger hint soon develops . Satan's efforts at Eve's ear resulted in her dreaming that , guided as she thought by Adam and then by ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
Copyright | |
27 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adam and Eve Adam's allusions angels anonymous appeared Areopagitica Aubrey blank verse blind caesura Cambridge Christ Christian classical Comus contrast creation critical death despair Diodati divine doctrine drama Dryden earlier earth earthly echoes edition Elegy English epic epic games evil Eyeless in Gaza fable faith fame father friends glory God's Greek heaven hell heroic human humanist humble ideal ideas imaginative invocation Italian John Milton King later Latin less liberty lines live Lycidas Marchamont Needham Milton's early mind modern moral Muse nature pamphlets Paradise Lost Paradise Regained parliament passage perhaps Phillips phrase poem poet poet's poetic poetry praise pride Prolusion prose Puritan readers Reason of Church religious Renaissance rhythm Samson Samson Agonistes Satan Second Defence sense Smectymnuus songs sonnet speech Spenser style thee theme things Thomas Ellwood thou thought tion tract tradition virtue vision writing