Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper; and for S. Birt, C. Hitch, J. Hodges [and seven others in London], 1750 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 96
Page cvi
... cant of words , has sometimes set up an illiterate heavy writer for a most judicious and formidable critic . One great mark , by which you may discover a critic who has neither taste nor learning , is this , that he feldom ventures to ...
... cant of words , has sometimes set up an illiterate heavy writer for a most judicious and formidable critic . One great mark , by which you may discover a critic who has neither taste nor learning , is this , that he feldom ventures to ...
Page 15
... Cant . 1. St. 14 . A little glooming light , much like a shade . Or after all , the author might per- haps take the hint from himself in his Il Penferofo , Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom . K 4 ...
... Cant . 1. St. 14 . A little glooming light , much like a shade . Or after all , the author might per- haps take the hint from himself in his Il Penferofo , Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom . K 4 ...
Page 16
... Cant . 2. St. 34 . Pearce . above the earth , And inly grieve , as doth an hidden moth Τοσσον ενερθ ̓ αϊδεω , όσον κραν The inner garment fret , not ib'ut- ter touch . ες ' απο γαιης . Iliad . VIII . 16 . Virgil makes it twice as far ...
... Cant . 2. St. 34 . Pearce . above the earth , And inly grieve , as doth an hidden moth Τοσσον ενερθ ̓ αϊδεω , όσον κραν The inner garment fret , not ib'ut- ter touch . ες ' απο γαιης . Iliad . VIII . 16 . Virgil makes it twice as far ...
Page 19
... Cant . 1. St. 19 . His gall did grate for grief and high disdain . That with the Mightiest rais'd me to contend , And. 94. - yet not for those , This is the alto sdegno of the Ita- lians , from whom no doubt he had it . Thyer . 105 ...
... Cant . 1. St. 19 . His gall did grate for grief and high disdain . That with the Mightiest rais'd me to contend , And. 94. - yet not for those , This is the alto sdegno of the Ita- lians , from whom no doubt he had it . Thyer . 105 ...
Page 20
... Cant . 4. St. 15. but feems to be express'd from Fairfax his tranflation rather than from the original . We loft the field , yet loft we not our heart . 109. And what is else not to be overcome ; ] Here should be no note of ...
... Cant . 4. St. 15. but feems to be express'd from Fairfax his tranflation rather than from the original . We loft the field , yet loft we not our heart . 109. And what is else not to be overcome ; ] Here should be no note of ...
Common terms and phrases
Adam Æneid alſo Angels anſwer battel beauty becauſe Bentley beſt call'd Cant cauſe cloſe courſe deſcribes deſcription deſign earth Engliſh expreſſes expreſſion faid Fairy Queen fame fide fight fignifies fire firſt fome fons foon hath Heaven Hell Homer houſe Hume Iliad inſtances itſelf juſt king laſt Latin leſs likewiſe Loft meaſure Milton moſt muſt night obſerves occafion Ovid Paradiſe paſſage Pearce perſon pleaſed poem poet pow'r praiſe preſent publiſhed purpoſe raiſe reader reaſon repreſented reſt Richardfon riſe ſaid ſame Satan ſays ſecond ſee ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſent ſentiments ſerve ſet ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhort ſhould ſhow ſome ſometimes ſon ſpake ſpeaking ſpear ſpeech Spenſer Spirits ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtrength ſubject ſuch ſuppoſe ſweet Taſſo taſte thee theſe things thoſe thou thought throne Thyer tion tranſlated uſe verſe Virg Virgil whoſe word
Popular passages
Page 26 - 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.
Page 242 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 3 - Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos : or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God, I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.
Page 474 - And full of wrath bent on his enemies. At once the four spread out their starry wings, With dreadful shade contiguous, and the orbs Of his fierce chariot roll'd, as with the sound Of torrent floods, or of a numerous host. He on his impious foes right onward drove, Gloomy as night ; under his burning wheels The steadfast empyrean shook throughout, All but the throne itself of God.
Page 257 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 176 - Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 180 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 338 - 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 179 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 153 - Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray By which he reigns : next him, high arbiter, Chance governs all.